Mine detail: Blue Star Mine

Previously called 'South Pit See CommentsNumber 8Genesis - 0320110270North PitEast Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.943, -116.36483

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone, Mercury, Lead
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Clay, Gold, Kaolinite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar, Sericite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Turquoise
Discovery year: 1957

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1975

Geology

References

MRDSM231429
MAS320110166
DEP10149144
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.