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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044570
MRDS ID M232068
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20397, 37.71662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 1.5 MILES E-NE OF GOLDFIELD. NORTH OF SIMMERONE MINE.

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 043E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result THE AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE SHIPPED WAS $290 PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20397, 37.71662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Fissures.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPELIKE
    Strike N5E
    Dip 60E
    Length 6.1M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 24.38M
    Depth to bottom 51.82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lone Star Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THE TOTAL GROSS PRODUCTION TO 1905 WAS $10,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 220 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80, 150, AND 220 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 244-245

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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