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Lone Star Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045715
MRDS ID M233512
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Group
Alternate or previous names Lone Star, Lone Star No. 1, Lone Star No. 2, Lone Star National Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86427, 38.76464 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position DESCRIBED AS BEING 1.5 MILES NW OF THE TOWN OF ATWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 037E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; IN GENERAL AREA BETWEEN FORD WELLS AND THE BUTLER MINE-OKEY DAVIS MINE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 0.82-0.84 OZ/TON AU
Result 27.86-54.38 OZ/TON AG (1906)
Result SAMPLES FROM VEIN AND DUMP.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86427, 38.76464
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Frank Everett
    First year 1906

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 50 AND 100 FT; DRIFTS, WINZE, CROSSCUT.

Comments on development

  • ASSESSMENT WORK DONE FOR 1906.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.T., 1906, REPORT ON THE LONE STAR GROUP; NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 3 (?)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSIDERABLY FRACTURED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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