Lone Star Mine

Past Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Tin, Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10151203
MAS/MILS ID 0350490004
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Mine
Alternate or previous names La Bajada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.20808, 35.54926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1713
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetilla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015 N 007 E 09 N2NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Brannerite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Colusite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.20808, 35.54926

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 90E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 50M
    Width 2M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:90E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lone Star Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUSTIG, LAWRENCE K., AND ROSENZWEIG, ABRAHAM, 1959, MINERALO

  • Deposit

    THE LONE STAR DEPOSIT, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COMPAS

  • Deposit

    36 N. 3, PP. 173-183.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TIN FOUND AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE IN MINERAL FORM OF COLUSITE. REFERENCE TO RECORD 080: DIMENSIONS OF DEPOSIT NOT DETERMINE TO LIMITED EXTENT OF WORKINGS. SHAFT IS FLOODED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references