The Stargo Spring Area is a barium-barite, cobalt, and ree mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,281 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 8,281 Feet (2,524 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Cobalt, REE
Lat, Long: 38.95139, -116.48750
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Stargo Spring Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stargo Spring Area
Secondary: Star No.14 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Cobalt
Primary: REE
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Nickel
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Dobbin Summit
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
Owner Name: Dome Exploration, (U. S.) Ltd.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Monitor Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intrusive Is Locally Silicified, Argillized And Oxidized.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE OF GOSSAN CONTAIN 0.5 % MN, 15 PPM AG, 0.7 % ZN, 2,000 PPM BA, 15 PPM BE, 300 PPM CO, 0.1 % NI, 300 PPM Y (KLEINHAMPLE, 1980)
Materials
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 60 FT LONG (S 15 W) ADIT AND A 25 FT SHAFTSEVERAL SMALL PITS, A RECENT ROTARY DRILL-HOLE
Comment (Deposit): LIMONITIC GOSSAN AND LIMONITE-CEMENTED PALEOZOIC SILTSTONE BRECCIA. GOSSAN IS BOTH MASSIVE AND POROUS. MAY BE AN OXIDIZED SULFIDE REPLACEMENT IN A FAULT ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NOTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES 30 AUG'8A G3 82 05
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.
