The North Star Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,939 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,939 Feet (2,115 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.49583, -117.05500
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North Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Joints
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Incipient Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSDYERT AT $2655.19/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SEC.
Comment (Deposit): THE WORKINGS FOLLOW AN IRREGULAR, ROLLING VEIN, WHICH LOCALLY ATTAINS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ABOUT 6 INCHES IN A ZONE OF DISTURBED AND ALTERED GRANITIC ROCK ABOUT 3FT WIDE. IN THE LOWER 45 FT OF THE SHAFT, THE VEIN PINCHES OUT AND MERGES WITH LOW ANGLE JOINTS. SACKED ORE FROM THIS LEASE CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PROUSTITE, ANDA LITTLE OF THE MINERAL WAS LEFT IN THE UNMINED QUARTZ LENSES. THE ORE SHOWS INCIPIENT OXIDATION.
Comment (Deposit): THE NET PROFITS ABOVE THE 300-FT LEVEL FROM OCTOBER 1866 TO DECEMBER 31,1871, WERE $326,761.91. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 99.
Reference (Deposit): HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HURCULESMINES CO., UNPUB: NBMG FILES.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STSAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.
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.
