The Star Dust Lode Claim is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.2, -113.86667
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Star Dust Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Star Dust Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Owner Name: Blake Probert
Owner Name: Star Dust Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Dutch Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS (GOLD HILL 7.5 MINUTE MAP PROSPECT PIT SYMBOL), OPENCUTS, AND PITS; ALL OF THEM RELATIVELY MINOR WORKINGS.
Comment (Production): ITEM 1: THE STARDUST MINING CO. WITH A GROUP OF 13 CLAIMS IN THE VICINITY OF USLM 10 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH - NORTHWEST FROM GOLD HILL, WORKED A HIGH-GRADE QUARTZ SCHEELITE PIPE IN LIMESTONE FROM 1937 TO 1941. ITEM 2: A TACTITE DEPOSIT ON THE EHB CLAIM WAS MINED AND 2,373 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 2,933 UNITS OF WO3 WERE SHIPPED TO METALS RESERVE CO.
Comment (Deposit): NARROW, IRREGULAR, CONTACT METASOMATIC, SCHEELITE-MINERALIZED ZONES OR THIN, IRON OXIDE-FILLED FISSURES
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24-25.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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