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Shooting Star Claim

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037582
MRDS ID M035554
Record type Site
Current site name Shooting Star Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13788, 38.01771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 8 MI. EAST OF BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 034E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADIT AND PROSPECT NE 1/4 SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13788, 38.01771
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035552

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basalt

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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