Mine detail: Starr Grove Mine

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Location: Lander County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.4399, -116.86955
dep_id: 10044095
mrds_id: M231422
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
alteration: Somesilicic, Sericitic, Pyritic
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones, Faults
Reporter: La Pointe, D.D.
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Structure: Roberts Mtns. Thrust; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust, Laramide Faults, Oneset Nw, One Nne.
disc_yr: 1867
discr: J. Green And E J George
References:
  • 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 NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV.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.
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