The Silver Star is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,881 feet.
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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: 7,881 Feet (2,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.35, -118.67083
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Silver Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE 0.08 PERCENT CU3O8
Materials
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): EST. LOCATION
Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.009 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.70 MR/HR.
Comment (Workings): 97 FT. ADIT
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLE DUPLICATE RECORD. OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE IS THE OCCURENCE OF UNSPECIFIED URANIUM MINERALIZATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81
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.
