Silver Star Mine

The Silver Star Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,071 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Star Mine
Secondary: North Star Min. and Devel. Co.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Day Mines, Inc. (Silver Star Mines, Inc.)

Owner Name: Day Mines, Inc.

Production

Year: 1973
Time Period: June, 1973
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7.5 Oz/Ton Ag, 9.5%Pb
Year: 1974
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^11.93 Oz/Ton Ag, 12.02% Pb, 1.06% Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ore Body Is West Of Monarch Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 7.5 OZ AG AND 9 % PB

Materials

Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Workings): 1000 FT SHAFT PLANNED IN 1968 ; THIS FIGURE GIVEN IN DEPTH LABEL ABOVE

Comment (Deposit): SILVER STAR MINES, INC. ALSO HAS 16 PATENTED CLAIMS 5 MI N OF WALLACE (INACTIVE), AND 35 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Commodity): ORE GRADE MINERALIZATION 800 FT W. OF AND 750 FT BELOW DEEPEST DAYROCK WORKING LEVEL.

Comment (Production): AVERAGED 2800 TONS/MO (ITEM 8). ITEM 1 IS DAY MINES AND SILVER STAR MINES COMBINED PRODUCTION.

Comment (Development): 29 CLAIMS. SILVER STAR INCORP. IN 1908 AS NORTH STAR WHICH HAD 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED CLAIMS. DIAMOND DRILLING ON THE 2050 AND 1450 FT LEVELS IN 1974

Comment (Deposit): 275 FT OF HORNET ORE BODY (LENGTH GIVEN ABOVE) IN SILVER STAR MINE

Comment (Location): ADJOINS DAYROCK PROPERTY ON THE S

Comment (Reserve-Resource): KNOWN ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED JULY, 1974

References

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 2 , 1974 , APRIL 19 , 1974 ; APRIL 4 , 1972 ; MARCH 31 , 1971 ; SEPT. 19 , 1968 ; FEB. 8 , 1968 ; MAR. 22 , 1967 ; MAY 10 , 1976

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MIN. NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 139

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, DEC. 25 , 1970

Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOCHEM SILVER STAR MINES, INC

Reference (Production): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 2 , 1974 . DAY MINES 1974 ANNUAL REPT., FORM 10 - K, SEC.

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