Starlight Claims

The Starlight Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,761 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Starlight Claims
Secondary: Starlight Open Pit
Secondary: Starlite Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Imlay District; Humboldt District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Originally Siskon; Now In Area Claimed By Pegasus Gold Corp
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: Mined In 1956 By A Mr. Tibbals And His Sons.

Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954-1955
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.688% Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.34-0.57% WO3 FROM STARLIGHT OPEN PIT. SAMPLE 2508, DUMP GRAB FROM PIT, CONTAINS 1 % FE, 5 % MG, 7 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 0.05 PPM A-U (AA ANALYSIS), +2000 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 500 PPM BE, + 1000 P-PM BI, 15 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 10 PPM -SN, 200 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 1500 PPM W, 20 PPM Y.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): HAS THE SAME MINERALIZATION EXTENDING FROM THE LAKEVIEW MINE

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 1 PATENTED CLAIM (STARLIGHT LODE) AND 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN AT STARLIGHT OPEN PIT. ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD UP HUMBOLDT CANYON.

Comment (Production): FROM STARLIGHT NO. 1 CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): SAME MINERALIZATION AS LAKEVIEW MINE. PEGMATITIC QUARTZ VEINS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN PRIDA LIMESTONE AND KOIPATO RHYOLITE. VEINS CONTAIN MUSCOVITE, BER-YL, TOURMALINE,PYRITE, SCHEELITE AND UNKNOWN METALLIC MINERAL.- BERYL IS DOMINANTLY WHITE, ONE GREEN SPECIMEN FOUND. LIMESTON-E IS MARBLEIZED ALONG CONTACT AND CONTAINS LOCALLY ABUNDANT MU-SCOVITE. TOURMALINE IS BLUE AND OCCURS IN ROSETTES. THE MINERA-LIZED ZONE TRENDS NE AND THE WORKINS ARE IN BOTH KOIPATO RHYOL-ITE AND PRIDA LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS, SEVERAL ADITS, OPEN CUT, SEVERAL BULLDOZER ROADS AND CUTS, LAST ACTIVE IN KOREAN WAR ERA.

References

Reference (Deposit): SISKON CORPORATION, DATA FOR HUMBOLDT-STARLIGHT PROPERTY, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, 1968 UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 2 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GO-666, 1967

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA

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.