North Star Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072223
MRDS ID W017206
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Several Pat. Claims Inc: Randy, Alices, Pilot Hill Etc
Related records 10178302

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13413, 38.38329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 3/4 MILE EAST OF LIME MTN VABM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 011W 21,16,17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE DISTRICT EXTENDS INTO LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA.
  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 21, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 16; SE 1/4, SE 1/4 SEC 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lime Mtn (Lake Mtn) Dolomite (Host);Beaver Lake Dolomite
    Rock description Lime Mtn (Lake Mtn) Dolomite (Host);Beaver Lake Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13413, 38.38329

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range - Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults & Compressional Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 76.2M
    Length 1524M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins In Contact Metamorphic Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bonneville Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION IS COMBINED WITH THE STATELINE MINING DISTRICT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.762HA
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ACRES OF DOZER CUTS, PITS,SHAFTS & (7) ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRINCIPAL VEINS ARE CALLED JUMBO, INDEPENDENCE, AETNA, E - 2 , E - 1 , JENNIE, THOR, SNOWFLAKE, CHARLIE ROSS, AND POPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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