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North Star Claims

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047143
MRDS ID M242395
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78092, 37.543 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 AIR MILES S 55 W FROM OASIS DIVIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oasis Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 004S 038E 32 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78092, 37.543
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55-60 W
    Dip NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Windypah (Fesler) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cleland, Duke
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, CUTS

Comments on development

  • COLLECTION OF CABINS, OLD EQUIPMENT, ASSORTED RELICS ON PROPERTY WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, POSSIBLY ON A WEEKEND BASIS. NO MINING HAS BEEN DONE HERE FOR A LONG TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 18 AUGUST 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED, RECEMENTED QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 20 FT THICK IN BLEACHED ARGILLITE-HORNFELS WALL ROCK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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