| Deposit ID | 10203466 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0483430001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lone Star Deposits |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -94.67522, 32.95016 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 122 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Morris(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lone Star(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Marshall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lake O'the Pines(hydrologic unit)
Big Cypress-Sulphur(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Siderite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Plant (1) | -94.67522, 32.95016 |
|---|
| Thickness | 8.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 36215HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1830 |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Year of first production | 1855 |
| Milling method | Sinter Plants |
| District name | Eastern Texas |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lone Star Steel Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Texas |
| Year | 1982 |
| Year | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 3654000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 3816000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 3551000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 3183000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 2968000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 2262000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 2168000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 3078000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 648000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Year | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude Ore 1456000 Mt Ore/Year |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 36215HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0483430001 |
BOND, W.R. BENEFICIATION OF EAST TEXAS IRON ORES-BASIS
OF LONE STAR OPERATIONS. JOURNAL OF METALS, APRIL 1953,
PP. 515-519.
BURCHARD, E.F. IRON ORE IN CASS, MARION, MORRIS, AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES, TEXAS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 620,
1915, PP. 69-109.
ECKEL, E.B. THE BROWN ORES OF EASTERN TEXAS. U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 902, 1938, 157 PP.
FINE, M.M., D.W. FROMMER, AND W.M. DRESSEL.
PRELIMINARY MINERAL-DRESSING INVESTIGATION OF EAST TEXAS
BROWN ORES. BUMINES RI 5252, 1956, 10 PP.
MALONE, V.F. MINING EAST TEXAS IRON ORES. MINING
ENGINEERING, MAY 1957, PP. 524-527.
MC GRAW-HILL. 1981 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. MC GRAW-HILL
MINING PUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK, 1981, P. 94.
NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES, INC. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 48.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS LOCATED OVER 18 COUNTIES. THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 3000000 MTPY. THE "OTHER" CONTROL RELATED TO GROUND WATER MOVEMENT. NO LENGTH OR WIDTH DIMENSIONS GIVEN BECAUSE DEPOSITS ARE FOUND SCATTERED OVER 36,215 HECTARES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-MAR-95 | Hartos | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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