Mine detail: Starr Grove Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.4399, -116.86955

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold, Copper, Lead
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1867

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Shale,Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:Roberts Mtns. Thrust; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust, Laramide Faults, Oneset Nw, One Nne.
Alteration processes:Somesilicic, Sericitic, Pyritic

References

MRDSM231422
DEP10044095
Reference{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 88 PT II}{Deposit:: PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOL. REPORT ON THE BETTY *EAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO. NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J. AND GATES, O, 1965, TECRONICAND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA; SECTION ON ECON. GEOL. BY K.B. KETNER; USGS PROF. PAPER 465.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W. 4., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS BULL 408.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D.