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North Star Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046732
MRDS ID M241935
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Claims
Alternate or previous names Rob Roy No. 1 and No. 2, Randolph Group of 9 Claims., Ora May Tungsten Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38813, 37.33551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1801
Relative position LOCATION GIVEN BY MILS IS T75 R4/E, SEC 12-SAME GIVEN BY NBMG BULL 78.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 041E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 11 CLAIMS-THIS REFERENCE GIVES LOCATION IN T85, R42E. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38813, 37.33551
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Narrow Tactite Bands Adjacent To Granitic Dikes; Fractures In The Tactite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop (Gold Mountain) District (Hornsilver District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFT, SURFACE CUTS. WORKING FOLLOW CONTACT BETWEEN SEDIMENTS AND INTRUSIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1963, UNPUBLISHED DATA: NBMG FILE 103, ITEM 5.

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 MAY 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS WITH GALENA ALONG FRACTURES IN THE TACTITE; QUARTZ VEINS ARE WHITE MASSIVE, BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH FE STAINED SILICA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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