The North Star Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,906 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,906 Feet (2,105 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.92083, -112.10611
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North Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: New York, N.Y.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: 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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne
Type: L
Description: N, Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Contact Metaswonatism
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT; LARGE OPEN STOPE TENDING NE IS VISIBLE ABOVE DUMP
Comment (Deposit): A STRONGLY MINERALIZED SYSTEM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880S?
Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF MAMMOTH PEAK, IN MIDDLE BRANCH OF DRAGON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024. 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107. 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT (1897-1898) PART 3, PAGE 601-767.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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