Mine detail: Bright Star Mine

Previously called 'Brindle Pup GroupBright Star No. 3'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.25908, -114.86373

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Uranium, Tellurium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite, Sylvanite, Gold
Gangue:	Limonite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Porphyritic Rhyolite Dikes
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith, Shear Zone With Attitude Of N 10 Deg E, 83 Deg W; Gouge
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014169
MAS	160370398
DEP	10089181
Reference	{Deposit:: CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 648 P.}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1545-E, 1986, P. 443.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 376, P. 193.}{Production:: CHOATE, R., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, P. 80.}
Reporter	Meier, M. Lorrie , Federspiel, Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat