The Nevada Star Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Star Mine
Secondary: Good Hope
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Maggie Creek 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn. Thrust
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS A VEIN 3 TO 6 FEET WIDE FTHA STRIKES NW AND DIPS STEEPLY NE. BARITE VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SILVER-LEAD VEINS. THE ORE DEPOSIT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IN THE UNDERLYING HANSEN CREEK LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE GOOD HOPE CLAIMS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT 250 FEET DEEP, AND SHALLOW VERTICLE SHAFTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT; SHALLOW VERTICAL SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GELOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 267, REFERENCE NO. 3201100158
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. U.GS BULL 408
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL., 1967.
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.
