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Star of the West Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103492
MRDS ID M024117
Record type Site
Current site name Star of the West Mine
Alternate or previous names Star De West
Related records 10139480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56479, 35.87192 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 5.6 MI NE PAXTON RANCH SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 041E 04,05,08,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56479, 35.87192
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW, NW
    Dip 20 SW, 75 NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE DIKE CUTS GRANITE SE OF MAIN WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF TUNNELS 50-100 FT. IN LENGTH. 20-FT. SHAFT SUNK ON 18-IN. VEIN TO SE OF TUNNELS. ORE WAS TRANSPORTED OVER AN AERIAL TRAM TO A MILL IN WILSON CANYON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 163

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 421

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 3 FT. IN THICKNESS. TO SE, 18-IN. VEIN ALONG DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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