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Star Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102068
MRDS ID DC12128
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19497, 40.53077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 7,200 FT. S37W OF MARKHAM PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003W 28,29 SW OF SW OF NW (28) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Diopsitization, Actinolitization, Biotitization, Silicification, Chloritization Etc

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Bingham And Last Chance Stocks;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Bingham And Last Chance Stocks;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Upper Bingham Mine;Butterfield Peaks
    Rock description Upper Bingham Mine;Butterfield Peaks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19497, 40.53077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Folds, Fissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E TO NE.
    Dip 10N TO 15N
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 10N TO 15N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zones; Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONES GRADE FROM DARK GRAY TO BLACK THROUGH BANDED, GRAY, BLACK AND WHITE TO MORE INTENSELY SILICATED ZONES AT THE IGNEOUS CONTACTS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN ALTERED WALLROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND INCLINE SHAFTS; COLLAPSED AND INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, VERY CLOSE TO THE OCCIDENTAL FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Anaconda Mining Co. — dissolved ~1977
    Acquired by Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) 1977; operations shut down in the 1980s. Mineral assets dispersed.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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