The Star Metal is a tungsten and antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Star Metal MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star Metal
Secondary: Gribble Antimony
Secondary: Winnee Quartz
Secondary: McKinnon Antimony
Secondary: Mc Kinson
Secondary: Gribble Quartz
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Wide Steeply North Dipping Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE BUSHNELL (1967) P. 34
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTIMONY WAS SHIPPED FROM 1941 TO 1951. ORE ALSO CONTAINS COPPER & MOLYBDENUM.
Comment (Development): A SMALL SMOUNT OF ANTIMONY WAS SHIPPED FROM 1941 TO 1951
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN, FAULT ZONE; STIBNITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, AND AS SMALL LENSES IN THE WALL ROCK, ADJACENT TO IGNEOUS CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): 35-FT SHAFT NOW COVERED BY BULLDOZING
Comment (Geology): STIBNITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, AND AS SMALL LENSES IN THE WALL ROCK. THE VEIN IS A BRECCIA ZONE 6-18 INCHES WIDE ALONG A BEDDING PLANE FAULT, IN A WIDE NORTH-DIPPING SHEAR ZONE. THREE OTHER FAULTS CONTAIN STRINGERS OF CALCITE AND SCHEELITE.
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANTIMONY WAS SHIPPED DURING 1941-51. A 35-FOOT SHAFT HAS SINCE BEEN COVERED BY BULLDOZING.THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM M234136 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED(BECAUSE IT WAS A DUPLICATE). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL, K. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE,E.F.,1963,ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL. 61.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R. M., (1976)
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.
