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Lone Star Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104164
MRDS ID MP25722
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3562, 35.51554 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolstalf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia 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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 034E 07,08 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS BRIGHT STAR AND GRANT MINES ON THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $25-$40/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3562, 35.51554
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Green Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lone Star Mining Co.
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERY BY AMALGAMATION WAS $15/TON IN GOLD. FROM 400 TONS OF ORE MILLED, $5700 WAS RECOVERED. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE WITH DRIFT ON 40 FT LEVEL. EXTENDS 200 FT SOUTHEAST AND 70 FT NORTHEAST. 2 ORE SHOOTS WERE DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF SHAFT. FIRST ORE SHOOT WAS ENCOUNTERED 30 FT SOUTHWEST OF SHAFT AND 3 FT IN THICKNESS. BETWEEN THIS ORE SHOOT AND THE SECOND ONE, THERE IS 60 FT OF BARREN GROUND. SECOND ORE SHOOT 60 FT LONG 3 FT IN THICKNESS. OTHER VEINS PROSPECTS BY SHAFTS TO DEPTHS OF 40-80 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G. B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 228-229. PL. 17

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF VEINS. LONE STAR VEIN STRIKES N70E. VARIES FROM 3-6 FT IN THICKNESS. INTERSECTS A VEIN THAT STRIKES N4SE, DIPS 40SE
Deposit 9 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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