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Star Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037266
MRDS ID M031228
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89198, 39.92937 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CHERRY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Exchequer Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89198, 39.92937
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults, Dikes Of Quartz Monzonite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults; Mine On A Nw Trending Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE VEINS ARE VERTICAL, SOME PLACES DIP STEEPLY SOUTH, FINGER OUT IN THE SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek (Egan Canyon)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOUTH VEIN MOST PRODUCTIVE. NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION RECORDED. INCLUDED IN DISTRICT PRODUCTION RECORDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT, WITH EIGHT LEVELS, AND BY A TUNNEL WHICH INTERSECTS THE SHAFT 340 FEET BELOW THE COLLAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSIST OF 4 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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