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North Star Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045232
MRDS ID M232922
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05593, 39.49575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2115

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 044E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Incipient Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSDYERT AT $2655.19/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Joints

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STSAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 99.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HURCULESMINES CO., UNPUB: NBMG FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WORKINGS FOLLOW AN IRREGULAR, ROLLING VEIN, WHICH LOCALLY ATTAINS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ABOUT 6 INCHES IN A ZONE OF DISTURBED AND ALTERED GRANITIC ROCK ABOUT 3FT WIDE. IN THE LOWER 45 FT OF THE SHAFT, THE VEIN PINCHES OUT AND MERGES WITH LOW ANGLE JOINTS. SACKED ORE FROM THIS LEASE CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PROUSTITE, ANDA LITTLE OF THE MINERAL WAS LEFT IN THE UNMINED QUARTZ LENSES. THE ORE SHOWS INCIPIENT OXIDATION.
Deposit THE NET PROFITS ABOVE THE 300-FT LEVEL FROM OCTOBER 1866 TO DECEMBER 31,1871, WERE $326,761.91. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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