Star Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198065
MRDS ID M060216
MAS/MILS ID 0320270066
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Anderson
Related records 10198571, 10111431

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.11849, 40.01159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluewing Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 025 E 25 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 25 ALSO IN SECTION 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.11849, 40.01159

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juniper Range District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.89,1977,P.63-64,PL.2A.

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.65,1964,P.158.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 725, 1922, P 286

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-94 Robinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.