Mine detail: East Star Prospect

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Location:	Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.40829, -113.0933
dep_id:	10011239
mrds_id:	D005773
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Gold, Malachite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR VEIN
alteration:	Breccia
ore_ctrl:	Faulting
Reporter:	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Toroweap Formation;Tailsman Qtzite;Callville-Pakoon;Kaibab-Plympton
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Limestone,Chert
arock_unit:	Intrusives Undifferientiated
arock_type:	Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Colorado Plateau/Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
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, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV