Nevada · Lander County
Past Producer

Buel North Star Mine

Lander County, Nevada, United States
SilverGold
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Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formVEIN
Ore controlFault And Joint Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFracutres, Postmineral Faults
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045201
MRDS IDM232887
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.49575, -117.06232
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.ROSS, C.P., 19538 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.