Eastern Star Mine

The Eastern Star Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 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

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Site Name

Primary: Eastern Star Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Warner Meissner

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Relief Thrust (Reverse); Overturned Anticlinorium; Nw Normal Fault; Sandstone-Dolo. Contact.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Geology): LOWER UNIT OF POST-DUN GLEN STRATA-U. TRIASSIC AND L. JURASSIC

Comment (Development): PRINCIPAL PERIODS OF ACTIVITY 1928-30 AND 1941-43

Comment (Deposit): ROCKS IN AREA INCLUDE NORTH TRENDING BEDS OF SANDSTONE, SHALE, AND CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE MINE OCCURS IN THE SAME FORMATION AS THE MONTGOMERY MINE.

Comment (Deposit): EASTERN STAR MINE IS ON PERSHING RIDGELONG WITH PERSHING, MONTGOMERY AND LORI MINES. THE RELATIVELY HIGH PERMEABILITY AND THE INTENSE FRACTURING OF THE CONGLOMERATE ARE PROBABLE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MERCURY MINERALIZATION, DISCOVERED IN 1912. PRINCIPAL PERIODS OF ACTIVITY 1928-30 AND 1941-43. OCCURS IN THE SAME GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS AS THE ADJOINING LORI MONTGOMERY MINES. ROCKS IN AREA INCLUDE NORTHERLY TRENDING BEDS OF SANDSTONE, SHALE AND CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITOF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR PEAK GROUP (TRIASSIC) AND OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: USGS PP 592, P. 45.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252, P. 246-247

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

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.