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Desert Star Mine

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045401
MRDS ID M233115
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16402, 39.8449 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fondaway Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 034 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DIXIE HOT SPRINGS, (1966) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16402, 39.8449
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name White Cloud District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Desert Star Mining; Stan Korph And Gilbert Ward;
    Home office P.O. Box 1431, Fallon, Nv. 89406
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN-PIT, GOLD-SILVER MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1980 CALENDER YEAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.