Mine detail: South Star Mine

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Location: Nye County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.03023, -116.41922
dep_id: 10044159
mrds_id: M231519
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Gold
ore_ctrl: Control By Northwest-Trending Lineaments (?)Or E-W Trending Fissures.
Reporter: Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Kawich Range Resurgent Caldron
References:
  • Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 18
  • Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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