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Lone Star

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031550
MRDS ID M010563
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star
Alternate or previous names St. Ives Group
Related records 10188647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55012, 37.65744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 12 MILES SW OF BENTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 031E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 17 % PB, 26 OZ. AG/TON AND $10 - 20 AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip 80 W
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN IN SERICITE HORNFELS AND PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED 15,000 TONS OF ORE DEVELOPED FROM WORKINGS - THESE WILL RUN $12 IN PB, AG AND AU. ANOTHER ORE SHOOT ASSAYED 17 % PB, 26 OZ. AG/TON AND 10 - 20 DOLLARS AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 - COMPARTMENT SHAFT, VERTICAL TO DEPTH OF 125 FT., THEN INCLINED 80 DEG. FOR 185 FT. LEVELS DRIVEN AT THE 125 , 245 AND 300 FT. HORIZONS. ON 300 FT. LEVEL, 250 FT. OF DRIFTS DRIVEN N & S OF SHAFT, ALSO CROSSCUT EAST 770 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 562

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 145

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 396-7; ADD. REF.: IND. WEST FOUNDATION, METALLIFEROUS II-C, P. 103; CALIF. V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 562; GQ-99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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