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North Star Tun. and Dev. Co.

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044370
MRDS ID M231776
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Tun. and Dev. Co.
Alternate or previous names North Star Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21258, 38.07244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1942
Relative position WEST SLOPE OF MT. ODDIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 35,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 6 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Polybasite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Andesite Altered To Chlorite And Calcite. Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation
    Rock description Mizpah Trachyte;Tonopah Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 20.4

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21258, 38.07244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mizpah Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike W-NW
    Dip 45-50N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,250 FT NORTH STAR SHAFT.CONNECTED LEVEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS- NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL- CEASED OPERATIONS IN 1907; REORGANIZED AND SHIPPED ORE IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 177-178

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23

  • Production

    CARPENTER, 1953, P. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MIZPAH VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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