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Stella Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098660
MRDS ID M241587
Record type Site
Current site name Stella Mine
Related records 10295056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60306, 37.88024 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 066E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN, BUT THIS MINE SHOWN ON THE TOPO FITS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE STELLA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1920 - ABOUT 69 TONS WORTH $9351 PRODUCED, PROBABLY FROM STELLA VEIN

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED $124/TON MOSTLY IN AG WITH AU, CU, PB, ZN ALSO PRESENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Comet District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stella Mines Co.
    First year 1922
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Hybla Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW DEPTH WORKINGS; INCLINE AND 200 FT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • IN 1922, STELLA MINES CO WAS INCREASING ITS SHIPMENTS OF AG ORE FROM THE RONNOW CLAIM. ORE AT THAT TIME AVERAGED 50 OZ/T AG WITH A LITTLE PB. ORE SHIPPED IN 1924, 1925; TAKEN OVER BY PAN AMERICAN MINING CO. IN 1927.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., EDITOR, 1922, THEMINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1345-1346.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1924, 1925, 1927

  • Deposit

    FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA; UNIV. OF N.M., M.S. THESIS, P. 41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STELLA VEIN (A-FAULT VEIN)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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