Mine detail: Blue Star Mine

Previously called 'Number 8 MineNBMG Sample Sites 131a & B.'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.94296, -116.36371

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Gemstone
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic, Zinc, Antimony, Barium-Barite
Ore: Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Turquoise
Gangue: Clay, Iron
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: TURQUOISE: 1929-(?); AU: 1960-1962, 1974-PRESENT (3/92)
First production started: 1929

Geology

Host rock:Vinini Formation;Vinini Formation;Vinini Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Roberts Mountains Thrust
Alteration processes:Sericitic, Argillic

References

MRDSM231429
DEP10106924
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 64}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG REPORT 17.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, L.L., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE STAR GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR CARLIN, NEVADA, AIME}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 318, REFERENCE NO. 3201100166.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: BENTZ, BROOKS, AND MCFARLANE, 5/27/82, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.}{Deposit:: JONES, R., 1989, CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE GEOLOGY, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 256-261.}{Deposit:: RADTKE, A., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF CARLIN AND BLUE STAR DEPOSITS, USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP 552.}{Deposit:: THORSTAD, L., 1989, CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE PRODUCERS, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 263-267.}{Deposit:: RYNEER, R., 1990, GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE STAR SUBDISTRICT AND THE GENESIS MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, ORAL PRESENTATION AT GREAT BASIN SYMPOSIUM, APRIL 4, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO.}{Deposit:: ZIMMERMAN, C., 1987, GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE STAR DEPOSIT, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETYOF NEVADA 1987 FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 6, P. B15-B17.}{Production:: BONHAM, 1988.}{Reserve-Resource:: BONHAM, 1988; BENTZ ET AL, 1982.}
ReporterKirkham, Richard A., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)