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Star Tungsten

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270864
MRDS ID D001187
MAS/MILS ID 0320070031
Record type Site
Current site name Star Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Ogilvie, Star

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.47619, 40.31072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin Lake SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 058 E 18 NESWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Idocrase Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.47619, 40.31072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 13M
    Length 15M
    Width 2M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N10W:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Harrison Pass

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 305M
    Overall depth 9M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 56
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 46
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 35
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.73-74

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 65, 1964, P.157

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, P.63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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