The North Star Tun. and Dev. Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,371 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,371 Feet (1,942 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.0725, -117.21167
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North Star Tun. and Dev. Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star Tun. and Dev. Co.
Secondary: North Star Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mizpah Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Andesite Altered To Chlorite And Calcite. Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Polybasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,250 FT NORTH STAR SHAFT.CONNECTED LEVEL WORKINGS
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 6 CLAIMS
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS- NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL- CEASED OPERATIONS IN 1907; REORGANIZED AND SHIPPED ORE IN 1917
Comment (Deposit): MIZPAH VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 177-178
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, 1953, P. 149
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.
