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North Star

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020238
MRDS ID DC12847
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names Star Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1069, 39.92078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Relative position 0.8 MILES S - SW OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Iron Ore
Barite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Contact Metamorphosed Containing Qtz, Garnet, And Wollastonite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1069, 39.92078
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1900

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.1 Oz Au, 5.2 Oz Ag, 3.3% Cu, 1.4% Pb Per Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 147g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • $420,000 IN GOLD, $280,000 IN AG, PB, CU

Comments on the workings information

  • A 600 FT SHAFT AND A 900 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 233 - 234

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G. W. AND SMITH, G. O., 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 755

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-06-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICHEST GOLD PRODUCER IN ITS PART OF THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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