Star Peak Mine 1984

The Star Peak Mine 1984 is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Star Peak Mine 1984
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 2523
Secondary: 2524

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Imlay District; Eldorado District; Humboldt District

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Hart, J. H.
Years: 1936 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Complexly Faulted Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2523 SELECT DUMP OF VEIN QUARTZ, CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.002 % TI, 50 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 7-0 PPM BA, 6.8 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 500 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 7 P-PM NI, 1500 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 2000 PPM ZN. SAMPLE -2524, SELECT JASPEROID AND ARGILLITE FROM CUTS CONTAINS 2 % FE-, 1 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 500 PPM -AS, 150 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 70 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, -50 PPM LA, 100 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 7 PP-M SC, 1000 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY POOR, VERY STEEP LONG JEEP TRAIL TO 9300 FT LEVEL. MINE IS IN SADDLE AT 9250 FT. AT HEAD OF ELDORADO CANYON.

Comment (Development): ORIGINAL WORK PROBABLY IN 1800'S. PRODUCED 1913-1916. TAILINGS LEACHED IN 1936. AERIAL TRAM CARRIED ORE TO CANYON.- NO RECENT WORK; NO OBVIOUS CLAIM STAKES (1984). PROPERTY HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1917.

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN TWO VEINS IN LIMESTONE OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE FLOWS. QUARTZ VEIN 0.5-1 M WIDE, STRIKING N 50E, DIP 40 NW, EXPOSED FOR 200 M BY WORKINGS AND PITS. VEIN CUTS PRIDA ARK-OSE AND ARGILLITE RESTING ON RHYOLITE PORPHYRY OF KOIPATO. GO--666 SHOWS FAULT CONTACT ON NORTH BUT NO EVIDENCE IN OUTCROP ON-E WAY OR THE OTHER.

Comment (Workings): 200-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND ADIT 750 FT LONG

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE FLOWS.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF 6 CLAIMS, 2 OF WHICH ARE PATENTED WITH MILL TAILINGS ON PUBLIC LAND. DEVELOPED BY 9 200- FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND ADIT 750 FEET LONG, LOCATED ON TWO VEINS. PROPERTY HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1917. IN 1934-36 TAILINGS FROM THE EARLY OPERATION WERE LEACHED WITH CYANIDE PRODUCING SOME GOLD AND SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

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

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C6902

Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE STAR PEAK MINE, IMLAY MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING CO; NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 5 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING, S. J. AND WALLACE, B. E., 1967, USGS MAP GO-666.

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG W.O., 1936

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.