Mine detail: Star Mine

Previously called 'Griff Nbmg Sample Site 2539, 2540.El DoradoStar Tungsten MineSunny Boy, Hebbard;'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.52711, -118.2332

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Antimony, Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Natchez Pass Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Cross Faults
Alteration processes:	Limestone Has Been Recrystallized. Dikes Completely Altered To Carbonates, Chlorite, And Clay.

References

MRDS	M060327
DEP	10042512
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H. F., JR., 31 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.}{Production:: STAGE, H. K. (IN PREP)}
Reporter	Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)