The Star Dust No. 2 Claim is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.2, -113.86667
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Star Dust No. 2 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star Dust No. 2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Blake And Mervil Probert
Owner Name: Star Dust Mines Inc.
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: -1957
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.3%
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1.3% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Dutch Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGES 1.3% WO3
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES ARE DELETERIOUS TO THE MILLING OF SCHEELITE ORES.
Comment (Production): 1920 94 TONS SHIPPED, 1926, 1927 SMALLER SHIPMENTS. STAR DUST MINING CO. WORKED A SCHEELITE PIPE FROM 1937-1941.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS: A 15 FT. ADIT TRENDING N65W INTO THE HILLSIDE AND TWO BULLDOZER CUTS ONE EACH ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE RAVINE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE AND QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKES AND SILLS ARE COMMON IN THE AREA: AN 8 FT. WIDE, N15E, 55NW DIKE IS SEVERAL FEET EAST OF THE ADIT. OTHER INTRUSIVE BODIES ARE EXPOSED IN THE CUTS.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: LEMMON D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER H.M. III, 1980 ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN UTAH: U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1964, TUNGSTEN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 73 P. 124.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B.: PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, PL. 2; LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L. 1962, MR-25.
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