The Lone Star Prospects is a fluorine-fluorite, silver, and gold mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.29361, -108.81306
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Lone Star Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Prospects
Secondary: Claims: Lone Star Nos. 1 To 7
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon District: Holt Gulch And Goddard Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Felix Menges
Home Office: Glenwood, N.M.
Years: 1970 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Strikes N 20 W And Dips 65 Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 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.
Analytical Data: A CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 43.8 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW OPENCUTS.
Comment (Location): 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)
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM USGS BULL 1451, P. 204.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.15
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 120-121, P. 204
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 45-47
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