The Silver Star is a silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,970 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,970 Feet (1,515 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 61.7383, -143.90330
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Silver Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Star
Secondary: Pandora
Secondary: Louise Lode
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul Joseph Barry, Melvin N. Barry, Francis W. Barry
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 ADITS AND OPEN CUT; THIN QUARTZ VEINS THAT CONTAIN ARGEN- TIFEROUS TETRAHEDRITE W/GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CU MINERALS; COUNTRY ROCK IS NIKOLAIGREENSTONE NEAR JURASSIC GRANODIORITE; MINOR BI REPORTED IN ANALYSES (MF 773B).
References
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 43
Reference (Deposit): B894 pp. 125, 129-130
Reference (Deposit): B745 pp. 87, 110-112
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985
Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 26
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-66
Reference (Deposit): MF773B
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 31
Reference (Deposit): MF395
Reference (Deposit): B1246
Reference (Deposit): B622g p. 110
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-132
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-038
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