Mine detail: North Star Prospect

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Location:	Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.39746, -113.10441
dep_id:	10010752
mrds_id:	D004702
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead
Minor mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Silver, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Malachite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR VEIN
alteration:	Marble
ore_ctrl:	Proximity To Intrusive
Reporter:	Shubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit:	Toroweap Formation
hrock_type:	Limestone,Chert
Structure:	Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
References:	Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J., A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO., UT, UGMS SPEC. S. 46 Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. 3. Deposit:: PERRY, L., I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT # 22. Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOL. OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. STUDIES, V. 9, PART 2, P. 29-52. Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80 Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UTAH P. HD. THESIS. Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111 Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., BYU STUDIES V.9 Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3 Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46 Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.