Mine detail: Eastern Star Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.1274, -118.16208

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1912

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	TO 1958

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Relief Thrust (Reverse); Overturned Anticlinorium; Nw Normal Fault; Sandstone-Dolo. Contact.

References

MRDS	M055283
DEP	10040479
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITOF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 89}{Deposit:: SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR PEAK GROUP (TRIASSIC) AND OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: USGS PP 592, P. 45.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252, P. 246-247}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)