The Blue Star Claim is a uranium mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.59861, -118.21500
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Blue Star Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Star Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROW ZONE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Feox
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 5.56 PPM TO 385 PPM
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 10 TO 15 TIMES BG IN PIT, 2 TO 3 TIMES BG LOCALLY
Comment (Location): PROSPECT PIT AND ADIT 2.5 MI. WEST OF SANTA FE MINE EST. LOCATION
References
Reference (Deposit): DURHAM, D. L., FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD., CALIF. AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT
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.
