The South Star Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,359 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: 7,359 Feet (2,243 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.03028, -116.41833
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South Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bellehelen District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Fallini Brothers
Home Office: Twin Springs
Production
Not available
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: Kawich Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Kawich Range Resurgent Caldron
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 75 FT SHAFT AND A 200 FT OF SHORT ADITS AND CUTS
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN SHORT SHOOTS AND PIPES
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
