The Silver Star Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,699 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 11,699 Feet (3,566 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.94556, -107.48417
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Silver Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Star Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim: Silver Star
Secondary: Ms 1147
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Park (Whitecross, Burrows Park, Adams) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type: L
Description: San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: KRASOWSKI'S (1976) ASSAY SAMPLE FROM QUARTZ VEIN IN LANDSLIDE DEBRIS: 0.466 OZ/TON AG, LT 0.001 OZ/TON AU, 0.03% CU, 0.084% PB, 0.009% ZN, 14 PPM MO, 300 PPM AS
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCURS IN SHORT FAULT CUTTING SUNSHINE PEAK RHYOLITE AND MEGABRECCIA AND TRENDING GENERALLY N 80 E. WOOLSEY (1907) NOTED THAT VEIN WALLS WERE HIGHLY SILICIFIED.
Comment (Workings): APPROX 100-FT-LONG TUNNEL.
Comment (Location): SILVER STAR CLAIM APPARENTLY CROSSES ROCK CREEK NORTH OF LAKE FORK IN SECS. 25 AND 26, BUT ACCORDING TO KRASOWSKI'S (1976) MAP AND TO AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION, SHAFT IS SITUATED ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD AND LAKE FORK 0.8 MILE NE OF WHITECROSS IN W2 NW SEC. 36 (UNSURVEYED SECTION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, W.H., 1926, THE MINERAL ZONES OF THE WHITE CROSS DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORING DEPOSITS IN HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 15, NO. 11, P. 5-15.
Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
Reference (Deposit): WOOLSEY, L.H., 1907, LAKE FORK EXTENSION OF THE SILVERTON MINING AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 315, P. 26-309
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 1147
Reference (Deposit): KRASOWSKI, D.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BURROWS PARK, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO STATE UNIV. M. SC. THESIS, 111 P.
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