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Starlight Claims

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium, Silver, Boron-Borates, Bismuth, Lead, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044125
MRDS ID M231466
Record type Site
Current site name Starlight Claims
Alternate or previous names Starlight Open Pit, Starlite Prospect
Related records 10174385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20542, 40.57795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 1/2 MI. SW OF LAKEVIEW MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 034E 07 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN AT STARLIGHT OPEN PIT. ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD UP HUMBOLDT CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Scheelite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.34-0.57% WO3 FROM STARLIGHT OPEN PIT. SAMPLE 2508, DUMP GRAB FROM PIT, CONTAINS 1 % FE, 5 % MG, 7 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 0.05 PPM A-U (AA ANALYSIS), +2000 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 500 PPM BE, + 1000 P-PM BI, 15 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 10 PPM -SN, 200 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 1500 PPM W, 20 PPM Y.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Formation
    Rock description Koipato Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation (Prida Formation)
    Rock description Star Peak Formation (Prida Formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20542, 40.57795
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HAS THE SAME MINERALIZATION EXTENDING FROM THE LAKEVIEW MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Imlay District; Humboldt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mined In 1956 By A Mr. Tibbals And His Sons.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Originally Siskon; Now In Area Claimed By Pegasus Gold Corp
    First year 1984

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954-1955
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.688% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM STARLIGHT NO. 1 CLAIM.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS, SEVERAL ADITS, OPEN CUT, SEVERAL BULLDOZER ROADS AND CUTS, LAST ACTIVE IN KOREAN WAR ERA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SISKON CORPORATION, DATA FOR HUMBOLDT-STARLIGHT PROPERTY, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, 1968 UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 2 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GO-666, 1967

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME MINERALIZATION AS LAKEVIEW MINE. PEGMATITIC QUARTZ VEINS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN PRIDA LIMESTONE AND KOIPATO RHYOLITE. VEINS CONTAIN MUSCOVITE, BER-YL, TOURMALINE,PYRITE, SCHEELITE AND UNKNOWN METALLIC MINERAL.- BERYL IS DOMINANTLY WHITE, ONE GREEN SPECIMEN FOUND. LIMESTON-E IS MARBLEIZED ALONG CONTACT AND CONTAINS LOCALLY ABUNDANT MU-SCOVITE. TOURMALINE IS BLUE AND OCCURS IN ROSETTES. THE MINERA-LIZED ZONE TRENDS NE AND THE WORKINS ARE IN BOTH KOIPATO RHYOL-ITE AND PRIDA LIMESTONE.
Deposit CONSISTS OF 1 PATENTED CLAIM (STARLIGHT LODE) AND 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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