Eastern Star Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173642
MAS/MILS ID 0320070206
Record type Site
Current site name Eastern Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.72344, 41.2607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scraper Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 046 E 13 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.72344, 41.2607

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Circle District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ON FRAZIER CREEK ABT 4 1/2 MI E OF MIDAS.

  • Deposit

    MAYBE SEC 20.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.72.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 408, 1910 P.57.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL PRODUCTION FILES-WFOC

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, 1910, USGS BULL.408, P.57

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-AUG-88 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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