Star Dust Lode Claim

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10111400
MRDS ID D001360
Record type Site
Current site name Star Dust Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86752, 40.19993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 2200 FT. S24E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 27 W2 OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86752, 40.19993

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dutch Mountain Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Star Dust Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Blake Probert

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: THE STARDUST MINING CO. WITH A GROUP OF 13 CLAIMS IN THE VICINITY OF USLM 10 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH - NORTHWEST FROM GOLD HILL, WORKED A HIGH-GRADE QUARTZ SCHEELITE PIPE IN LIMESTONE FROM 1937 TO 1941. ITEM 2: A TACTITE DEPOSIT ON THE EHB CLAIM WAS MINED AND 2,373 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 2,933 UNITS OF WO3 WERE SHIPPED TO METALS RESERVE CO.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS (GOLD HILL 7.5 MINUTE MAP PROSPECT PIT SYMBOL), OPENCUTS, AND PITS; ALL OF THEM RELATIVELY MINOR WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW, IRREGULAR, CONTACT METASOMATIC, SCHEELITE-MINERALIZED ZONES OR THIN, IRON OXIDE-FILLED FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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