The Eastern Star Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Eastern Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eastern Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS IN ZONE OF SILICIFIED DEVITRIFIED RHYOLITE. ZONE IS CUT BY 3 OF 4 PARALLEL VEINLETS CARRYING QUARTZ, ARGENTITE & FREE GOLD.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): THE MINE IS IN AN AREA OF WHITE DEVITRIFIED RHYOLITE WHIDH IS SIMILAR TO THAT EAST IN GOLD CIRCLE DISTRICT PROPER. A ZONE OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE IS CUT BY THREE OR FOUR PARALLEL VEINLETS UP TO 10IN WIDE WHICH CARRY RIBBONS OF QUARTZ, ARGENTITE, AND FREE GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED NEAR FRAZIER CREEK, THE ONLY DEVELOPEMENT IS A 100 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN NORTHWARD ALONG STRIKE OF A SILICIFIED FE-STAINED ZONE OF RHYOLITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, EUREKA, AND LANDER CO., USGS BULL 408
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.
