Mine detail: North Star Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.39746, -113.10441

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Silver, Gold
Ore: Malachite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Toroweap Formation
Host 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
Alteration processes:Marble

References

MRDSD004702
DEP10010752
Reference{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.}
ReporterShubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.