Star Metal

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony
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. Materials information
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045490
MRDS ID M233249
Record type Site
Current site name Star Metal
Alternate or previous names Gribble Antimony, Winnee Quartz, McKinnon Antimony, Mc Kinson, Gribble Quartz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68703, 41.76934 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tennessee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 056E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE BUSHNELL (1967) P. 34

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Coffeepot Stock
    Rock description Coffeepot Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tennessee Mtn. Formation
    Rock description Tennessee Mtn. Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68703, 41.76934

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wide Steeply North Dipping Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • STIBNITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, AND AS SMALL LENSES IN THE WALL ROCK. THE VEIN IS A BRECCIA ZONE 6-18 INCHES WIDE ALONG A BEDDING PLANE FAULT, IN A WIDE NORTH-DIPPING SHEAR ZONE. THREE OTHER FAULTS CONTAIN STRINGERS OF CALCITE AND SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Island Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTIMONY WAS SHIPPED FROM 1941 TO 1951. ORE ALSO CONTAINS COPPER & MOLYBDENUM.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 35-FT SHAFT NOW COVERED BY BULLDOZING

Comments on development

  • A SMALL SMOUNT OF ANTIMONY WAS SHIPPED FROM 1941 TO 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BUSHNELL, K. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE,E.F.,1963,ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL. 61.

  • Production

    SMITH, R. M., (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN, FAULT ZONE; STIBNITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, AND AS SMALL LENSES IN THE WALL ROCK, ADJACENT TO IGNEOUS CONTACT.
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTIMONY WAS SHIPPED DURING 1941-51. A 35-FOOT SHAFT HAS SINCE BEEN COVERED BY BULLDOZING.THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM M234136 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED(BECAUSE IT WAS A DUPLICATE). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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