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Star Dust

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Quartz, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037296
MRDS ID M031261
Record type Site
Current site name Star Dust
Alternate or previous names Probert Quartzite Mine
Related records 10223309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07834, 39.25105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ON SLOPES AND RIDGES OF HENDRYS CREEK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 16N 70E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE SOLD AS DIMENSION BUILDING STONE AND FLAGGING 1-3 IN THICK, 2-4 FT SQUARE OR RECTANGLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Moriah

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF QTZ WAS PRODUCED IN 1955. MOST OF THE FLAGGING PRODUCED IS 1-3 INCHES THICK AND 2-4 FEET SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR.

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 SMALL QUARRIES ON SLOPES AND RIDGES OF HENDRYS CREEK CANYON AND OF NUMEROUS OTHERS IN THE NEXT CANYON SOUTH AND ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN SMITH CREEK AND DEADMAN CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A.

  • Production

    HOSE, ET. AL., 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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