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Silver Star Claim ?

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037520
MRDS ID M035455
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Star Claim ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21316, 38.1466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
Relative position WEST FLANK CANDELARIA HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI SW OF CANDELARIA JUNCTION. LOCATION DATA VERIFIED BY NBMG SITE VISIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Highly Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21316, 38.1466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major E-W Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND MINOR PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILVER STAR CLAIM ?, CANDELARIA DISTRICT, MINERAL COUTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE VISIT BY NBMG (QUADE) 17 APRIL, 1989 DETERMINED THAT THIS IS SILVER STAR? AND THAT GIROUX MINE IS MISLABELLED ON TOPO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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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