The Starlight Group is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,749 Feet (2,362 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.86694, -115.40944
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Starlight Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starlight Group
Secondary: Starlight Mine
Secondary: Elkoro Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Elkoro Mines Co.
Owner Name: Elkoro Mines Co. (1930'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL BODIES OF LIGNITIC SHALE & DARK SLATY SANDSTONE OCCUR LOCALLY INTERBEDDED IN OLD RHYOLITES. PART OF WEST VEIN SYSTEM. SMALL AMOUNT OF SULPHIDE ORE PRESENT. STARLIGHT PROPERTY INCLUDES THE STARLIGHTS SUNSET, AND MAHOGANY CLAIMS. ADJOINS THE LEGITIMATE PROPERTY ON THESE AND THE FLAXIE ON THE NE. DISCOVERED IN 1915 BY WILLIAM HOLLAND AND CHARLES AND WILLIAM MARTIN. VEIN DOES NOT CROP OUT. MAY BE THE NORTHWEST CONTINUATION OF FLAXIE VEIN TILTED TO THE SOUTH BY A FAULT. LEGITIMATE VEIN MAY BE THE EASTWARD CONTINUATION OF THE STARLIGHT VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FAULT ZONE
Comment (Geology): LEVERRIERITE FOUND IN FAULT GOUGE. ORE OCCURS IN OR ASSOCIATED WITH STARLIGHT VEIN. VEIN EXTENDS HORIZONTALLY 1400 FEET AND VERTICALLY 700 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., NBM BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS BULL 497.
Reference (Production): GRANGER, M.B. (1957)
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.
