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Silver Star Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. 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 10046866
MRDS ID M242090
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Paramount

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70536, 37.41467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES BY ROAD S OF THE PALMETTO SMELTER RUINS ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 006S 038E 13 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSIVE ORE IS LT GREENISH GRAY, FINE-GRAINED WITH SMOOTH FRACTURE; MUCH ORE IS BROKEN, FRAGMENTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Wyman; Reed Dolomite
    Rock description Wyman;Reed Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70536, 37.41467
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Contact Between Dolomite And Hornfels; Brecciation Of Dolomite

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 35-45 N
    Length 51.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones; Contact Of Dolomite And Hornfels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Gus Krause
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Plume
    First year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • FLAT STOPE 30 FT IN DIAMETER, ACCESSIBLE BY A SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • KRAUSE MINED UNDERGROUND IN EARLY 1940'S IN A FLAT STOPE ACCESSIBLE FROM A SHORT ADIT. MINE WAS RELATIVELY INACTIVE FROM 1943 TO 1963. SINCE 1963, THE STOPED AREA HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO AN OPEN PIT. SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS BEING DONE IN MID-1970'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 46-47

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 46.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODY IN DOLOMITE HAS FAULT FOR UPPER CONTACT; IRREGULAR LOWER CONCTACT. TONGUES OF TALC EXTEND PERPENDICULARLY INTO DOLOMITE FOR SEVERAL FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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