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White Star Deposit

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046894
MRDS ID M242120
Record type Site
Current site name White Star Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56361, 36.6761 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF MOAPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moapa East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 14S 66E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION NOT ON TOPO MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56361, 36.6761
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 30 DEGREES
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 1524M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Moapa

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner White Star Plaster Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPERATION WERE CEASED IN 1923.

Comments on development

  • THE WHITE STAR MILL CONSISTED OF TWO 10-FT, OIL FIRED, CALINING KETTLES, BUT THE PLANT WAS ENLARGED TO A 3-KETTLE MILL IN 1922. DURING 1922 SHIPMENTS OF PLASTER TO LOS ANGELES, CALIF. AVERAGED ABOUT 3,000 TONS/MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG, 1937, RECONNOSAINCE OF MINERAL DIST IN CLARK CO., NEV; USBM INF. CIRC. 6964, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO BEDS OF GYPSUM ARE IN LIMESTONE, ONLY THE LOWER BED WAS EXPLOITED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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