Star Dust Lode Claim

The Star Dust Lode Claim is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Star Dust Lode Claim

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Blake Probert

Owner Name: Star Dust Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Dutch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Dutch Mountain Thrust

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS (GOLD HILL 7.5 MINUTE MAP PROSPECT PIT SYMBOL), OPENCUTS, AND PITS; ALL OF THEM RELATIVELY MINOR WORKINGS.

Comment (Production): ITEM 1: THE STARDUST MINING CO. WITH A GROUP OF 13 CLAIMS IN THE VICINITY OF USLM 10 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH - NORTHWEST FROM GOLD HILL, WORKED A HIGH-GRADE QUARTZ SCHEELITE PIPE IN LIMESTONE FROM 1937 TO 1941. ITEM 2: A TACTITE DEPOSIT ON THE EHB CLAIM WAS MINED AND 2,373 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 2,933 UNITS OF WO3 WERE SHIPPED TO METALS RESERVE CO.

Comment (Deposit): NARROW, IRREGULAR, CONTACT METASOMATIC, SCHEELITE-MINERALIZED ZONES OR THIN, IRON OXIDE-FILLED FISSURES

References

Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24-25.

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.

Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

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