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Star Point Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047415
MRDS ID M242716
Record type Site
Current site name Star Point Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2335, Azureite Copper Mine Sign On Old Building

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88014, 40.45268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kyle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 036E 24 S2 OF S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON N. SIDE OF KLONDIKE CANYON NEAR MOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2335, SELECT PUMP AND PIT FACE MATERIAL WITH VISIBLE OXIDE CU MATERIAL, CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.7% MG, 3% CA, 0.2% TI, 100 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 150 PPM CR, +20000 PPM CU, 70 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 700 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Valmy
    Rock description Valmy
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88014, 40.45268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W TO NE
    Dip 35-40 N
    Width 0.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND BULL DOZERCUTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL.I.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG DFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AZURITE AND MALACHITE OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS WITH LIMONITE IN SHEARED AND BRECCIATED DARK QUARTZITE AND ARGILLITE. NUMEROUS 1-6 CM (AND WIDER) WHITE BULL QUARTZ VEINS CUT THE VALMY BUT OFTEN APPEAR UNRELATED TO THE OCCURRENCE OF OXIDE COPPER MINERALS. SEVERAL SHEAR ZONES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED. THEY GENERALLY TREND E-W TO NE AND DIP 35-40 N. JOHNSON SHOWS A THRUST FAULT NEAR THIS LOCALITY ENTIRELY WITHIN THE VALMY. NO SULFIDE MINERALS WERE SEEN. QUARTZ VEINING IS PRESENT ALONG AT LEAST ONE SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (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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