Eastern Star

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10270859
MRDS ID M055283
MAS/MILS ID 0320270365
Record type Site
Current site name Eastern Star
Related records 10040479

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.16767, 40.1305 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 N 034 E 16 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.16767, 40.1305

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8252, 1965, P 246

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 49, PL 2A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. 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.