Starlight Vein

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246596
MAS/MILS ID 0320230227
Record type Site
Current site name Starlight Vein
Alternate or previous names Mayflower Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.79279, 36.99686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 S 046 E 11 N2S2NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.79279, 36.99686

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 407, 1910, P. 124-125.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 77, 1972, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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