Mine detail: Lead Star Mine

Previously called 'Ridge'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.98178, -114.50233

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Specularite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Micaceous Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Plutonic Rock
Associated rock:	Dike-Granophyre;Dike-Vitrophyre
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	W013468
DEP	10070507
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P}{Deposit:: 1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9}{Production:: ANDERSON, A.L., 1953, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.