North Star

The North Star is a silver, lead, and tungsten mine located in San Juan county, Colorado.

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

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Site Name

Primary: North Star

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Juan

Land Status

Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F. (?)

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LARGEST AND MOST PROD. MINES IN AREA AT ONE TIME

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :41? 00

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, P. 251.

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, 1956, USBM INFO. CIRC. 7731, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

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