The Star of the West Mine is a gold, silver, and asbestos mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Asbestos
Lat, Long: 39.12917, -117.54944
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Star of the West Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star of the West Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Asbestos
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Type: L
Description: Window In Tertiary Volcanics
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): $5-$100 THOUSAND THROUGH 1969,
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS WITH ABOUT 3000 FT OF WORKINGS AND CONSIDERABLE STOPING.
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): THE STAR OF THE WEST MINE IS DEVELOPED BY THREE ADITS, WITH ABOUT 3 THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS AND CONSIDERABLE STOPING ALONG A VEIN THAT STRIKES N 30DGE E AND DIPS 50DGE SE. IN 1921, THE STAR OF THE WEST MINING CO. BUILT A 50-TON MILL BUT IT OPERATED FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. THREE ADITS AT SEVERAL LEVELS EXTEND SW. CONSIDERABLE STOPING WAS DONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD, 1936, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINES, NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): NASH, A.D., 1930, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINE, NBMG FILES
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.
