The Silver Star Claim ? is a mercury and barium-barite mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,460 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,460 Feet (1,969 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.14667, -118.21222
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Silver Star Claim ? MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Star Claim ?
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Major E-W Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Silicified
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 3 MI SW OF CANDELARIA JUNCTION. LOCATION DATA VERIFIED BY NBMG SITE VISIT.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND MINOR PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): SITE VISIT BY NBMG (QUADE) 17 APRIL, 1989 DETERMINED THAT THIS IS SILVER STAR? AND THAT GIROUX MINE IS MISLABELLED ON TOPO.
References
Reference (Deposit): SILVER STAR CLAIM ?, CANDELARIA DISTRICT, MINERAL COUTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY)
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.
