Description
Stardust Mining Company
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlLimestone-Quartz Monzonite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ochre Mountain Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Gold Hill Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Dutch Mountain Thrust
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationMarbleization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1920
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10046167
MRDS IDM234158
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.19993, -113.86752
References
SRC.REF: LEMMON D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATAMESSENGER H.M. III, 1980 ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177, PL. 2LEMMON D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN UTAH: U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25LEMMON, D.M., 1964, TUNGSTEN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 73 P. 124.1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B.: PROF. PAPER 177, PL.NOLAN, T.B., 1935, PL. 2; LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L. 1962, MR-25.