The Evening Star Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,879 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.48111, -118.43278
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Evening Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evening Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 4,000 FT. SE OF LA PANTA MINE
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY $30,000 WAS PRODUCED FROM THIS MINE
Comment (Deposit): NEAR CREST OF LA PANTA ANTICLINE
Comment (Workings): MAIN PRODUCTION APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM A VERTICAL SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MATERIAL ON DUMP INDICATES GEOLOGICAL SIMILARITIES TO LA PANTA MINE
References
Reference (Production): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, BULL. 74
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74
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.
