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Lone Star Group

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046715
MRDS ID M241916
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Group
Alternate or previous names Patrick Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20063, 37.71634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF GOLDFIELD. 0.5 TO 1.0 MILE DUE SOUTH OF VINDICATOR MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S;002S 042E;043E 36;31 E2 OF E2 (36); W2 (31) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF RIDGE ON WHICH BLUE BULL, SIMMERONE ARE LOCATED. 24 CLAIMS, 17 PATENTED, 450 ACRES. UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY. . UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON THE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20063, 37.71634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 60 E
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closely Spaced Fissures Form A Sheeting

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALUNITE IS ABUNDANT AND QUITE PURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldfield Lone Star Cons. Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 259.08M
    Overall depth 76.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80, 150, AND 220 FT DEPTHS; STOPES, WINZE. ALSO, THE 100-FT SHAFT ON THE PATRICK CLAIM, WITH EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • ABOUT $10,000 GROSS VALUE OF ORE WAS PRODUCED BY LESSEES TO ENDOF 1905. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 16 CLAIMS. AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE WAS $290/TON. $30,000 GROSS VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED TO 1922. WORKED IN 1920 BY LESSEES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 244-245

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1241

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LONE STAR LEDGE IS IN A SHEETED ZONE. MAXIMUM STOPE LENGTH WAS 20 FT AND GREATEST ORE WIDTH WAS 5 FT. THIS ORE-BODY WAS PIPE-LIKE IN FORM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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