Star Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098366
MRDS ID M035091
Record type Site
Current site name Star Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85125, 38.58631 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 6 MI WEST SO. END WALKER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 028E 03,04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADDIT AND PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAX. GRADE = $150 / TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85125, 38.58631

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY NEV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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