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Blue Star Mine

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149144
MRDS ID M231429
MAS/MILS ID 0320110166
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Star Mine
Alternate or previous names Number 8, South Pit See Comments, Genesis - 0320110270, North Pit, East Pit
Related records 10106924

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.36483, 40.943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1870
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodeo Creek NE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 050 E 04 NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Clay Unknown
Gold Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Orpiment Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Realgar Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Turquoise Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.36483, 40.943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 90M
    Length 365M
    Width 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN UPPER PLATE OF ROBERTS MTNS. THRUST FAULT. SANDY SILTSTONE IS THE FAVORED HOST;CHRTY SHALE;QUARTZITE SANDSTONE CONTAINS SOME ORE;DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE;SANDY CAL- CAREOUS SILTSTONE;DACITE DIKES;QTZ.DIORITE PLUG 3 KM N.; JASPEROID NEAR ORE.
  • OTHER MINERALS PRESENT ARE "EUCHROITE" AN HYDRATED CU AS O2 & TURQUOISE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1957
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1975
Plant type Leach
Milling method Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin

Comments on exploration

  • IN 1968 NEWMONT ACQUIRED PROPERTY AND SUBSEQUENT DRILLING DEFINED 3 ORE BODIES (NORTH,SOUTH AND EAST),THOSE RESERVES ARE DESCRIBED ABOVE.

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newmont Gold Co. (Newmont Mining Corp.)
    ID 2600500
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1995

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Dore Bars Weighing 34 Kg Each 1240 Kg Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1240000g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Demonstrated 81600mt ore
    Total resources 1600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.11 g/mt Gold Major 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, SEE GENESIS/NORTH STAR DEPOSIT, MAS SEQ # 0320110270.

Comments on other economic factors

  • MILL: AGITATED CYANIDE LEACH,CCD,OXIDATION-CHLORINATION PRETREATMENT FOR CARBONACEOUS ORE,CCD WASH,MERRILL-CROWE ZN PRECIPITATION, SMELTING: MILL GRADE TRUCKED 8 KM TO CARLIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    517. NOBLE, L. L., J. VALIQUETT, AND C. EKBURG. GEOLOGY

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF THE BLUE STAR GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR CARLIN, NEVADA. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DISTRIBUTED AT PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINER. IND. CONF.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    STATELINE, NV, 1977, 11 PP.; AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM

  • Deposit

    59. BLOOMSTEIN, E. I. AMMONIA ALTERATION IS A

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEMICAL LINK IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE CARLIN-MIDAS

  • Deposit

    BELT. ABSTR. IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN CORDILLERA. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO,

  • Deposit

    NV, MARCH 25-28, 1984, PP. 27.

  • Deposit

    61. BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

  • Deposit

    BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

  • Deposit

    MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

  • Deposit

    90. CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

  • Deposit

    BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

  • Deposit

    NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

  • Deposit

    132. ELEVATORSKI, E. A. DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT GOLD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. MINOBRAS, 1981, 114 PP.

  • Deposit

    182. EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RODEO CREEK NE

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    QUAD. MAP GQ-1116, 1974, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    183. EVANS, J. G. GEOLOGY OF THE RODEO CREEK NE AND

  • Deposit

    WELCHES CANYON QUADRANGLES, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1473, 1980, 81 PP.

  • Deposit

    319. JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. CARLIN GOLD, A

  • Deposit

    NEWMONT MONEY GENERATOR KEEPS ON RENEWING ITSELF AFTER

  • Deposit

    SPARKING THE REBIRTH OF GOLD MINING IN NEVADA. ENG. AND

  • Deposit

    MIN. J., V. 184, NO. 7, 1983, PP. 38-43.

  • Deposit

    398. MCBETH, J. D. MINING PRACTICE AT CARLIN GOLD MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANY. PAPER IN PROCEEDINGS FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD

  • Deposit

    (APR. 21-24, 1980, RENO, NV). UNIV. NV, RENO,

  • Deposit

    NV, 1980, 11 PP.

  • Deposit

    458. MORRISSEY, F. R. TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 17, 1968, 30 PP.

  • Deposit

    505. NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). CARLIN GOLD MINING

  • Deposit

    CO. TOUR 1, NV MIN. ASSOC. CONFERENCE ELKO, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 7, 1984, 9 PP.

  • Deposit

    570. RADTKE, A. S. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA OF

  • Deposit

    THE CARLIN AND BLUE STAR GOLD DEPOSITS, EUREKA COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP

  • Deposit

    MF-552, 1974, SCALE 1:12,000.

  • Deposit

    593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.

  • Deposit

    616. SHANLEY, F. E. A GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF

  • Deposit

    THE DISSEMINATED GOLD INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE. M.S.

  • Deposit

    THESIS, STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, 1977, 149 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL ORE BODY SIZE: SMALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-NOV-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/13/1990
MSHA mine ID2600500
Mine name (MSHA)South Area
Current operatorNevada Gold Mines LLC
Current controller (parent)Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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