White Star Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106561
MRDS ID D007955
Record type Site
Current site name White Star Mine
Related records 10239612

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94229, 37.89251 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.85 MILES N 12 W FROM CREEDE (B.M. 8853 AT NORTH END OF TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 001W 14 NE OF SE OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV DETERMINED FROM EMMONS AND LARSEN'S (1923) TOPO MAP (1:24,000), MINE OR CLAIM LIES ABOVE W. WILLOW CR. BETW. PARK REGENT AND HAPPY THOUGHT MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wad Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Campbell Mtn. Member Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Campbell Mtn. Mbr. Of Bachelor Mtn. Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; La Garita, Creede, And Bachelor Calderas
Type of structure Local
Structure description Creede Graben, Amethyst Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 55 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Amethyst Fault And Hanging Wall Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Creede District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND ABOUT 750 FT ALONG AMETHYST FAULT. INCLUDES PART OF NELSON-WOOSTER-HUMPHREYS TUNNEL ABOUT 1200 FT BELOW APEX. NEAR SOUTH END LINE, RAISE DRIVEN UP TO LEVEL II OF HAPPY THOUGHT MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDE OF AMETHYST FAULT ON TUNNEL LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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