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Silver Star

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037779
MRDS ID M035976
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67179, 38.34992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2402
Relative position 11 MI. SO. OF HAWTHORNE, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 030E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 0.08 PERCENT CU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67179, 38.34992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 97 FT. ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.009 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.70 MR/HR.
Deposit PROBABLE DUPLICATE RECORD. OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE IS THE OCCURENCE OF UNSPECIFIED URANIUM MINERALIZATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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