The Star Mine is a silver, gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.53083, -112.19417
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Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Anaconda Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Faults, Folds, Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Diopsitization, Actinolitization, Biotitization, Silicification, Chloritization Etc
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND INCLINE SHAFTS; COLLAPSED AND INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS, VERY CLOSE TO THE OCCIDENTAL FAULT.
Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONES GRADE FROM DARK GRAY TO BLACK THROUGH BANDED, GRAY, BLACK AND WHITE TO MORE INTENSELY SILICATED ZONES AT THE IGNEOUS CONTACTS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN ALTERED WALLROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P. P. 38, 410P.
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