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Silver Star Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014750
MRDS ID D011663
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: Silver Star, Ms 1147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.4848, 37.94557 (WGS84)
Elevation 3566
Relative position 11.0 MILES S 59 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redcloud Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N 006W 25,26,36 W2 OF SW (25); NE OF SE OF SE (26); W2 OF NW (36) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SILVER STAR CLAIM APPARENTLY CROSSES ROCK CREEK NORTH OF LAKE FORK IN SECS. 25 AND 26, BUT ACCORDING TO KRASOWSKI'S (1976) MAP AND TO AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION, SHAFT IS SITUATED ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD AND LAKE FORK 0.8 MILE NE OF WHITECROSS IN W2 NW SEC. 36 (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result KRASOWSKI'S (1976) ASSAY SAMPLE FROM QUARTZ VEIN IN LANDSLIDE DEBRIS: 0.466 OZ/TON AG, LT 0.001 OZ/TON AU, 0.03% CU, 0.084% PB, 0.009% ZN, 14 PPM MO, 300 PPM AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
    Rock description Megabreccia Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.4848, 37.94557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault Cutting Tuff Within Lake City Caldera

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX 100-FT-LONG TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.

  • Deposit

    WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-309

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1147

  • Deposit

    KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OCCURS IN SHORT FAULT CUTTING SUNSHINE PEAK RHYOLITE AND MEGABRECCIA AND TRENDING GENERALLY N 80 E. WOOLSEY (1907) NOTED THAT VEIN WALLS WERE HIGHLY SILICIFIED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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