Northstar Clay Mines, Inc.
35 Mammoth Main St.
P.O. Box 190
Eureka, Utah USA 84628
Email: info@northstar-halloysite
Phone: 435-433-6612 Fax: 435-433-5512
Northstar Clay Mines, Inc. owns, mines and refines high quality nanotubular halloysite clay from the historic Tintic Mining District of central Utah. Northstar mines clay ore by using open pit mining methods . Halloysite clay is then beneficiated (removal of impurities) adjacent to the mine site.
The Northstar mine is located two miles from U.S. Highway 6, and four miles from a loading site on the Union Pacific Railroad. The Northstar deposit has been in development for the past two years, and is adjacent to the well known Dragon clay mine, formerly operated by a unit of the Anaconda Mining Company which produced over one million tons between 1952 and 1973. The Northstar mine is situated on approximately 600 acres of privately owned land, and is fully bonded and permitted. The mine currently has the capacity of producing over 50,000 tons of raw ore per year, most of which contains over 50% halloysite nanotubes.
The deposit has been exposed by trenching, and has been tested by three drill holes. Evaluations thus far indicate that the halloysite clay resource at the Northstar mine consists of at least 250,000 tons of open pit mineable clay ore. Electron photo micrographs confirm that the Northstar halloysite clay is of the nanotube variety. Selected samples of high grade ore confirm nanotube content between 74% and 94%. The principal impurity is kaolinite clay. Because the Northstar deposit is newly discovered, and only partially explored, the information available thus far is preliminary. Management of Northstar believes that mineable reserves will eventually exceed one million tons.
The Northstar clay deposit is situated in a geologic environment very similar to the Dragon mine immediately to the south. The halloysite clay at Northstar is overlain by an iron bearing "gossan," which consists of a mixture of alumina, iron and silica. Below the gossan is pure white halloysite clay of variable purity, which frequently consists of nearly pure tubular halloysite. Overlying gossan materials are currently being mined and profitable marketed to local cement manufacturing companies as a source of alumina and iron. Removing the gossan exposes the underlying tubular halloysite clay, which can then be open pit mined.
P.O. Box 190
Eureka, Utah USA 84628
Email: info@northstar-halloysite
Phone: 435-433-6612 Fax: 435-433-5512
Northstar Clay Mines, Inc. owns, mines and refines high quality nanotubular halloysite clay from the historic Tintic Mining District of central Utah. Northstar mines clay ore by using open pit mining methods . Halloysite clay is then beneficiated (removal of impurities) adjacent to the mine site.
The Northstar mine is located two miles from U.S. Highway 6, and four miles from a loading site on the Union Pacific Railroad. The Northstar deposit has been in development for the past two years, and is adjacent to the well known Dragon clay mine, formerly operated by a unit of the Anaconda Mining Company which produced over one million tons between 1952 and 1973. The Northstar mine is situated on approximately 600 acres of privately owned land, and is fully bonded and permitted. The mine currently has the capacity of producing over 50,000 tons of raw ore per year, most of which contains over 50% halloysite nanotubes.
The deposit has been exposed by trenching, and has been tested by three drill holes. Evaluations thus far indicate that the halloysite clay resource at the Northstar mine consists of at least 250,000 tons of open pit mineable clay ore. Electron photo micrographs confirm that the Northstar halloysite clay is of the nanotube variety. Selected samples of high grade ore confirm nanotube content between 74% and 94%. The principal impurity is kaolinite clay. Because the Northstar deposit is newly discovered, and only partially explored, the information available thus far is preliminary. Management of Northstar believes that mineable reserves will eventually exceed one million tons.
The Northstar clay deposit is situated in a geologic environment very similar to the Dragon mine immediately to the south. The halloysite clay at Northstar is overlain by an iron bearing "gossan," which consists of a mixture of alumina, iron and silica. Below the gossan is pure white halloysite clay of variable purity, which frequently consists of nearly pure tubular halloysite. Overlying gossan materials are currently being mined and profitable marketed to local cement manufacturing companies as a source of alumina and iron. Removing the gossan exposes the underlying tubular halloysite clay, which can then be open pit mined.
Northstar
February 2010
February 2010
