The Stella Mine is a silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.88028, -114.60222
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Stella Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stella Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Stella Mines Co.
Years: 1922 -
Owner Name: Hybla Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED $124/TON MOSTLY IN AG WITH AU, CU, PB, ZN ALSO PRESENT
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STELLA VEIN (A-FAULT VEIN)
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW DEPTH WORKINGS; INCLINE AND 200 FT TUNNEL
Comment (Commodity): 1920 - ABOUT 69 TONS WORTH $9351 PRODUCED, PROBABLY FROM STELLA VEIN
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN, BUT THIS MINE SHOWN ON THE TOPO FITS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE STELLA.
Comment (Development): IN 1922, STELLA MINES CO WAS INCREASING ITS SHIPMENTS OF AG ORE FROM THE RONNOW CLAIM. ORE AT THAT TIME AVERAGED 50 OZ/T AG WITH A LITTLE PB. ORE SHIPPED IN 1924, 1925; TAKEN OVER BY PAN AMERICAN MINING CO. IN 1927.
References
Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA; UNIV. OF N.M., M.S. THESIS, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1924, 1925, 1927
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., EDITOR, 1922, THEMINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1345-1346.
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.
