The Starlight Open Pit is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,518 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.5819, -118.20970
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Starlight Open Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starlight Open Pit
Secondary: Starlite Mine
Secondary: Starlite
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Imlay 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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): BANHAM AND OTHERS, 19985, P. 61.
Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING AND WALLACE (1967)
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO
Reference (Deposit): TATLOCK (1969) USGS OPEN FILE MAP
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOL MAP GQ-666, 1967, 1/62,500
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 65, 1964, P 158
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.
