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North Star Deposit

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055215
MRDS ID RE00285
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37954, 40.95907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 049E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37954, 40.95907
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTH STAR DEPOSIT LIES ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE GOLDSTRIKE STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lynn; Carlin Trend

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.823 g/mt Gold Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.908 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.654 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.468 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.072 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1989 FIGURES: MEASURED, INDICATED, AND INFERRED ESTIMATES AS OF DECEMBER 27, 1989 USING A CUTOFF GRADE OF 0.010 OPT AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1991, DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMAPCT STATEMENT, BETZE PROJECT.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K FOR 1987.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1989.

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1991.

  • Deposit

    MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1989 FIGURES: MCFARLANE, D. N., 1991, GOLD PRODUCTION ON THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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