Lone Star Deposits

Past Producer in Morris county in Texas, United States with commodities Iron, Water, Free
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203466
MAS/MILS ID 0483430001
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -94.67522, 32.95016 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Morris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -94.67522, 32.95016

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.5M
    Area 36215HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 36215
    Date of Last Modification 820326

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE WECHES GREENSAND MEMBER OF MOUNT SELMAN FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eastern Texas

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lone Star Steel Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • 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

Comments on the production information

  • NO COSTS SHOWN IN P-REC 1B, COMBINED COSTS SHOWN IN P-REC 1A

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BOTH SIDERITE AND GOETHITE ORES ARE INCLUDED IN MATRIX.
  • LONE STAR IS SPLIT INTO THREE DEPOSITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING THE ETD. CLOSED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 36215HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 60
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 12000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.86
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOND, W.R. BENEFICIATION OF EAST TEXAS IRON ORES-BASIS

  • Deposit

    OF LONE STAR OPERATIONS. JOURNAL OF METALS, APRIL 1953,

  • Deposit

    PP. 515-519.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F. IRON ORE IN CASS, MARION, MORRIS, AND

  • Deposit

    CHEROKEE COUNTIES, TEXAS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 620,

  • Deposit

    1915, PP. 69-109.

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.B. THE BROWN ORES OF EASTERN TEXAS. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 902, 1938, 157 PP.

  • Deposit

    FINE, M.M., D.W. FROMMER, AND W.M. DRESSEL.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY MINERAL-DRESSING INVESTIGATION OF EAST TEXAS

  • Deposit

    BROWN ORES. BUMINES RI 5252, 1956, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    MALONE, V.F. MINING EAST TEXAS IRON ORES. MINING

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING, MAY 1957, PP. 524-527.

  • Deposit

    MC GRAW-HILL. 1981 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. MC GRAW-HILL

  • Deposit

    MINING PUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK, 1981, P. 94.

  • Deposit

    NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES, INC. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 48.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-95 Hartos U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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