Five Star Lead Property

The Five Star Lead Property is a lead and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Five Star Lead Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 36.31389, -115.84250

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Five Star Lead Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Five Star Lead Property
Secondary: Five Star Mine
Secondary: Holmes Prospect
Secondary: El Lobo Claims
Secondary: Apex Claims


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Charleston District (Emerald 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Five Star Mining Co., Leon D. Hughs
Home Office: Pahrump, Nevada
Years: 1972 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Type: R
Description: Folds And Related Major Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Cross Fault At Five Star Mine


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); LAT-LONG VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION (07)

Comment (Deposit): FIVE STAR VEIN EXPOSED IN SE SEC. 7 ALONG 70 FOOT INTERVAL

Comment (Workings): FIVE STAR MINE LOCATED IN SE SEC 7 AND NE SEC 18, PROSPECT NEAR NE COR OF SW SEC 8 AND UNNAMED PROSPECT APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET SW OF THE LATTER


References

Reference (Deposit): IVOSEVIC, S.W., 1972, FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE FIVE STAR LEAD PROPERTY, EMERALD DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG MINING DISTRICT OPEN FILES


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.