The Star Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cherry Creek (Egan Canyon)
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults, Dikes Of Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Minor Faults; Mine On A Nw Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT, WITH EIGHT LEVELS, AND BY A TUNNEL WHICH INTERSECTS THE SHAFT 340 FEET BELOW THE COLLAR.
Comment (Geology): ORE VEINS ARE VERTICAL, SOME PLACES DIP STEEPLY SOUTH, FINGER OUT IN THE SHALE
Comment (Deposit): CONSIST OF 4 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): SOUTH VEIN MOST PRODUCTIVE. NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION RECORDED. INCLUDED IN DISTRICT PRODUCTION RECORDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
