Blue Star Claim

The Blue Star Claim is a uranium mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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

Name: Blue Star Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.59861, -118.21500

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Blue Star Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Star Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: NARROW ZONE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Feox


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE RANGE: 5.56 PPM TO 385 PPM


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): 10 TO 15 TIMES BG IN PIT, 2 TO 3 TIMES BG LOCALLY

Comment (Location): PROSPECT PIT AND ADIT 2.5 MI. WEST OF SANTA FE MINE EST. LOCATION


References

Reference (Deposit): DURHAM, D. L., FELMLEE, J. K., 1980 , NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, WALKER LAKE QUAD., CALIF. AND NEV., UNPUBL. REPORT


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.