Mine detail: Starr

Previously called 'Silver TipAndy Starr'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.716, -119.588

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Scheelite
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: ATTENUATED ELLIPSE
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Disseminated
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939
Last production ended: 1944

Geology

Host rock:Aeneas Creek Pluton, Central Phase;Aeneas Lake Pluton, Border Phase, Aeneas Creek Pluton, Central Phase; Aeneas Lake Pluton, Border Phase
Host type:Granodiorite,Gabbro,Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:In British Columbia To The North, The Quesnel Trough Partly Controls The Distribution Of Major Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposits. The Starr Molybdenum Property Lies On The Projection Of This Structural Trough.

References

MRDSSP00293
DEP10056040
Reference{Deposit:: CREASEY, S.C., 1945, GEOLOGY OF THE STARR MOLYBDENUM MINE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 11 P., 5 PL.}{Deposit:: CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.}{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 19, 118 P., 6 P}{Deposit:: RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.}{Deposit:: STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: FAWLEY, A.P., 1966, THE STARR MOLYBDENUM MINE, WASHINGTON. THIS REPORT IS IN DGER FILES}{Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A, 93 P}{Deposit:: WASH.I.C.48,1973,P.17}{Deposit:: COLLINS, J.J., 1943, PRELIM. REPT. ON STARR MOLYBDENUM MINE, NEAR TONASKET, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNPUB REPT}{Deposit:: 1960 DIREXPL AMAX}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOCHEM CAMBRI MIN. & DEVEL.}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Frank, Dave, Greene, Robert, Weeks, Robert, Lowe, Nathan T., King, Robert U., Schruben, Paul