Lone Star Prospects

Occurrence in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012989
MRDS ID D009033
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Prospects
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lone Star Nos. 1 To 7
Related records 10222808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.8137, 33.29371 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES S 06 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011S;012S 019W;019W 33;04,05 SW (33); NW (04); NE (05) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE LONE STAR NO. 7 PROSPECT AS SHOWN ON USGS MAP I-886. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM USGS BULL 1451, P. 204.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 43.8 % CAF2
Result NINE SAMPLES ASSAYED FOR GOLD AND SILVER RANGED FROM A TRACE OF AU TO 1.30 OZ AU/TON AND A TRACE OF AG TO 7.90 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.8137, 33.29371

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Strikes N 20 W And Dips 65 Ne.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mogollon District: Holt Gulch And Goddard Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix Menges
    Home office Glenwood, N.M.
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.15

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 120-121, P. 204

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 45-47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF COARSE GREEN FLUORITE AND AND MINERALIZED BRECCIA ALONG A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE. MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM 2 TO 10 FT. THICK AND IS EXPOSED IN OUTCROP FOR ABOUT 700 FT. ALONG STRIKE. SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1970'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references