Mine detail: Blue Star Mine

Previously called 'Shaw Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.48106, -117.74953

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Talc
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Poleta
Host type:	Hornfels,Marble,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	M242001
DEP	10104109
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM, 1943, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION REPORT ON THE BLUE STAR MINE; NBMG FILE 102, ITEM 9.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 15.}{Production:: USBM, 1943; PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 15.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)