The Stardust Claims is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.26222, -118.32139
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Stardust Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stardust Claims
Secondary: North Sand Springs Range
Secondary: Corona, Garnet, Snowflower Group
Secondary: Shamrock Claims #2 and #3
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites #3856, 3857.
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3856 CONTAINED 3% FE, 0.5% MG, 10% CA, 0.15% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 70 PPM BA, 30 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 7 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3857 CONTAINED 1% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.07% TI, 300 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 7 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 100 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE ALONG A CONTACT WITH GRANITIC ROCKS. SCHEELITE IS SPARSE AND THE TACTITE IS POORLY DEVELOPED. SCATTERED QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE ARE ALSO PRESENT. THE HIGHLY IRREGULAR E-W TRENDING CONTACT ZONE OF METASEDIMENTS AND GRANITIC INTRUSIVE CONTAINS EPIDOTE, GARNET, CALCITE AND SOME PYRITE. SAMPLE 3856 IS FROM THIS SKARN ZONE AND SAMPLE 3857 IS OF QUARTZ-VEINED MATERIAL ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE CONTACT ZONE IN THE OPEN PIT AREA.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS; OLD DRILL AND DOZER ROADS WEST OF PAVED ROAD. OLDER WORKINGS ARE CUT AND OBLITERATED BY DOZER CUTS WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS (1986); BENCHES, TRENCHES, OPEN PIT
Comment (Development): THERE ARE 2 SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY, AND SOME ORE WAS PROBABLY MINED FROM EACH OF THEM DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1951 TO 1956
Comment (Commodity): SOME OF THE SCHEELITE FLUORESCES PALE YELLOW.
Comment (Location): UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 3856 IS N 4346580, E 386400; UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 3857 IS N 4346586, E 386320 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PREP.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 16 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
