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Five Star Lead Property

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047004
MRDS ID M242244
Record type Site
Current site name Five Star Lead Property
Alternate or previous names Five Star Mine, Holmes Prospect, El Lobo Claims, Apex Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84336, 36.31387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES NW OF CHARLESTON PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 055E 07,08,18 SE (07) OF SW (08) OF NE (18) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); LAT-LONG VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION (07)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood Canyon
    Rock description Wood Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84336, 36.31387
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folds And Related Major Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Fault At Five Star Mine

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Charleston District (Emerald District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Five Star Mining Co., Leon D. Hughs
    Home office Pahrump, Nevada
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE STAR MINE LOCATED IN SE SEC 7 AND NE SEC 18, PROSPECT NEAR NE COR OF SW SEC 8 AND UNNAMED PROSPECT APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET SW OF THE LATTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IVOSEVIC, S.W., 1972, FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE FIVE STAR LEAD PROPERTY, EMERALD DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG MINING DISTRICT OPEN FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE STAR VEIN EXPOSED IN SE SEC. 7 ALONG 70 FOOT INTERVAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Boulton, Dennis R. (Tingley, J. V.) 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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