Silver Star

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185396
MRDS ID A011760
MAS/MILS ID 0020870049
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Star
Alternate or previous names Pandora, Louise Lode
Related records 10001077

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -143.90584, 61.73796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1515
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCarthy C-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McCarthy NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McCarthy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 001 S 008 E 35 NWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -143.90584, 61.73796

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Paul Joseph Barry, Melvin N. Barry, Francis W. Barry
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ADITS AND OPEN CUT; THIN QUARTZ VEINS THAT CONTAIN ARGEN- TIFEROUS TETRAHEDRITE W/GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CU MINERALS; COUNTRY ROCK IS NIKOLAIGREENSTONE NEAR JURASSIC GRANODIORITE; MINOR BI REPORTED IN ANALYSES (MF 773B).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-88 Rdc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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