The Gold Star Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.09722, -112.66833
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Gold Star Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Star Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Success Investment Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Limestone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Iron
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): NW OF SE SE NE SIDE OVERLAND CANYON
Comment (Workings): 70 FT ADIT 10, 25 FT SHAFTS, MANY SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 99
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN, SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITE OF THE DEEP CREEK MTN., TOOELE AND JUAB CO.: UGMS BULL. 99
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