USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Pershing County
Star Tungsten Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Anderson Claims, Blue Star, NBMG Sample Sites 2863, 2864
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Discovery year: wwi shafts on top of hill along parallel nw-striking veins associated with fissure-filling vein systems possibly along- joint sets. Copper minerals and uranium occur along strike of veins. Zone of strongest cu-u mineralization …
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: Discovery year: wwi shafts on top of hill along parallel nw-striking veins associated with fissure-filling vein systems poss…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Pbc Mining Co, Box 326, Fernley · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Garnet
- Limonite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Malachite
- Scheelite
- Tetrahedrite
- Chalcocite
View all 22 reported minerals
- Garnet
- Limonite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Malachite
- Scheelite
- Tetrahedrite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Bismuth
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Manganese
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Tungsten
- Diorite
- Garnet Group
- Hornfels
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Scheelite
- Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 438247
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (15)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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