The Starr Grove Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.44, -116.86861
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Starr Grove Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starr Grove Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Lewis District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtns. Thrust; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust
Type: L
Description: Laramide Faults, Oneset Nw, One Nne.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Somesilicic, Sericitic, Pyritic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN LEWIS CANYON
Comment (Production): MORE THAN $100,000 IN MOSTLY SILVER.
Comment (Development): SILVER WAS DISCOVERED IN LEWIS CANYON IN 1867. SEVERAL STAMP MILLS WERE BUILT IN 1876.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ AND BARITE VEINS; QUARRTZ AND METAL SULFIDES ORE LATER THAN BARITE
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ AND METAL SULPHIDES ARE LATER THAN BARITE.
Comment (Deposit): SILVER DISCOVERED IN LEWIS CANYON IN 1867 BY J. GREEN AND E.J. GEORGE. SEVERAL STAMP MILLS WERE BUILT IN 1876 TO TREAT THE ORE FROM THE EAGLE AND START GROVE MINES. A 40-STAMP MILL WAS BUILT IN 1880 AND THE NARROW-GUAGE "BATTLE MOUNTAIN AND LEWIS RAILWAY WAS BUILT FROM LEWIS JCTN. IN REESE RIV. VALLEY, TO LEWIS AND LATER TO STARRGROVE MINE. STARR GROVE TOOK SECOND PLACE TO THE BETTY O'NEAL MINE AFTER THAT DISCOVERY IN 1880. PATENTED CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 88 PT II
Reference (Deposit): PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOL. REPORT ON THE BETTY O'NEAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO. NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J. AND GATES, O, 1965, TECRONICAND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA; SECTION ON ECON. GEOL. BY K.B. KETNER; USGS PROF. PAPER 465.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. 4., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS BULL 408.
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.
