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Star Point Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208324
MAS/MILS ID 0320270129
Record type Site
Current site name Star Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.87987, 40.453 (WGS84)
Elevation 1490
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kyle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 036 E 24 NWSWSE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.87987, 40.453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 9M
    Width 3.3M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:50W
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 801124

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1929

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bevard And Lambert Construction Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Winnemucca, NV
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-NOV-94 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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