Blue Star Mine

Eureka County, Nevada, United States

GoldSilverGemstoneCopperArsenicZincAntimonyBarium-Barite

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Commodities

PrimaryGold, Silver, Gemstone

SecondaryCopper

TertiaryArsenic, Zinc, Antimony, Barium-Barite

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Model172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag

Deposit sizeM

Ore controlOrebodies Are Located On The West Limb Of A North-Trending Anticlinal Structure Which Is Cut By E-, Ne-, And Nw-Trending Normal Faults. Orebodies Are Restricted To Strongly Fractured, Near E-W High Angle Faults And A Ne-Trending Diike Swarm. South And East Orebodies Lie Immediately Below The Roberts Mountains Thrust, While The North Orebody Lies Directly Above The Thrust. Igneous Dikes Host A Minor Amount Of Ore.

Materials

Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Turquoise

GangueClay, Iron

Geology

Host rockQuartzite · Vinini Formation;Vinini Formation;Vinini Formation

Associated rockRhyolite

StructureRoberts Mountains Thrust

AlterationSericitic, Argillic

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Production yearsTURQUOISE: 1929-(?); AU: 1960-1962, 1974-PRESENT (3/92)

First production1929

Discovery year1929

Identification

Deposit ID10106924

MRDS IDM231429

Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 131a & B., Number 8 Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreA

Coordinates40.94296, -116.36371

References

ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 64MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG REPORT 17.NOBLE, L.L., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE STAR GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR CARLIN, NEVADA, AIMEUSBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 318, REFERENCE NO. 3201100166.BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.BENTZ, BROOKS, AND MCFARLANE, 5/27/82, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.JONES, R., 1989, CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE GEOLOGY, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 256-261.RADTKE, A., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF CARLIN AND BLUE STAR DEPOSITS, USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP 552.THORSTAD, L., 1989, CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE PRODUCERS, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 263-267.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.ZIMMERMAN, C., 1987, GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE STAR DEPOSIT, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETYOF NEVADA 1987 FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 6, P. B15-B17.BONHAM, 1988.BONHAM, 1988; BENTZ ET AL, 1982.