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Lone Star Group

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045441
MRDS ID M233182
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39735, 38.78242 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS THE RANDALL PROPERTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 032E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AND UTM ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39735, 38.78242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NW-TRENDING FAULT
    Dip STEEP NE
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO RANDALL PROPERTY EXCEPT RHYOLITE ALSO PRESENT. ON GOLDEN PEN VEIN WHICH IS EMPLACED ALONG A NW TRENDING FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer E. M. Mims

Mining district

District name Bovard District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. M. Mims, Sacramento, California
    First year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • $25,000-VANDERBURG (1937); $75,000-ROSS (1961)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 550-FOOT SHAFT, A 250-FOOT SHAFT, AND 1,000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. MINING DONE BY HAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

  • Deposit

    BLACK, J. W., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 58; ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS ON THE GOLD PEN VEIN AND IS LOCALLY 100 FEET THICK WITH MUCH INCLUDED WALL ROCK MATERIAL. VEIN CONSISTS OF SHEAR ZONE WITH QUARTZ LENSES CARRYING AU AND AG. ZONE 10 TO 100 FT WIDE IS OFTEN LARGELY KAOLINIZED. ALL ORES OXIDIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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