Star Dust Extension Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046168
MRDS ID M234161
Record type Site
Current site name Star Dust Extension Mine
Alternate or previous names Star Dust Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86529, 40.19076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1838
Relative position 5900 FT. S38E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 27 SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86529, 40.19076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Monzonite-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stardust Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF THE STAR DUST MINES, INC. PRODUCTION (6,553 UNITS) IN THE YEARS 1937-1957 CAME FROM THE STAR DUST EXTENSION. SOME PRODUCTION MAY HAVE COME FROM THE OTHER CLAIMS.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT, OPENCUTS, PITS, AND A 75 FT. ADIT APPARENTLY DRIVEN THROUGH A BARREN CONTACT - METAMORPHOSED ZONE (EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 24).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24-25

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP USBM, INF. CIRC. 8014, FIG. 7 (P. 25)

  • Production

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE BASAL LAYERS OF A LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANT. A FEW HIGH GRADE ZONES WERE MINED FROM A HILLSIDE SLOPE (EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 24).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1984 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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