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Star Mine

Past Producer in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040130
MRDS ID M054799
MAS/MILS ID 480430039
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine
Related records 10178918

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.64972, 29.31567 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MI W OF TERLINGUA. Coordinates are for shaft south of Theirtyeight Hill Draw road and north of Reed Plateau on northeast flank of hill 3302. No idea if this shaft is the Star Mine. Location is vague.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amarilla Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 70, BLOCK G-12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena;Del Rio
    Rock description Santa Elena;Del Rio

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.64972, 29.31567
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N70e Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tarrant Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 80 ft shaft, 250 ft. drift

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-10-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-01 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10178918.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430039 = 10178918

Beyond USGS

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

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