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Lone Star Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112443
MRDS ID W006928
MAS/MILS ID 0040030001
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Mine
Alternate or previous names H & D, Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit
Related records 10069410

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.36817, 31.83263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1497
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrew Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 019 E 35 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.36817, 31.83263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 90M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Whetstone

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Peverill, C. L. Whitelock
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1967

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Description Cf2 Ore 5400 St
  • Year 1963
    Description Cf2 Ore 34 St

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEP SHAFT AND SUBSIDENCE POSE HUMAN HAZARDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, AZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E. A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ADMMR, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1952, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    BURNETTE, C. R., 1957, GEOL. OF THE MIDDLE CANYON, WHETSTONE

  • Deposit

    MTNS., MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ., P. 25-28.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1954, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1964, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    IRWIN, G. W., 1967, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 13-15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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