The Star Mountain Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,320 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.8864, -114.95830
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Star Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bob Summers, Kay Thurman And Ken Washington
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1966
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLES FROM VEINS, WALLROCK AND PIT CONTAINED VALUES FROM NIL TO 0.1 PPM GOLD, 1.0 TO 100 PPM SILVER, 300 TO 15,000 PPM LEAD, AND 200 TO 920 PPM ZINC. TWO STREAM SAMPLES WERE TAKEN. NEITHER SAMPLE WAS ANOMALOUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAWTOOTH PRIMITIVE AREA, IDAHO.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p. P.D99-100.
Reference (Deposit): V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981,
Reference (Deposit): HAILEY QUAD
Reference (Deposit): KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, 1970, USGS B-1319-D
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