The Lone Star Group is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lone Star Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. M. Mims, Sacramento, California
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $25,000-VANDERBURG (1937); $75,000-ROSS (1961)
Comment (Location): LOCATION AND UTM ESTIMATED
Comment (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
Comment (Workings): 550-FOOT SHAFT, A 250-FOOT SHAFT, AND 1,000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. MINING DONE BY HAND.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO RANDALL PROPERTY EXCEPT RHYOLITE ALSO PRESENT. ON GOLDEN PEN VEIN WHICH IS EMPLACED ALONG A NW TRENDING FAULT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Deposit): BLACK, J. W., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 58; ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
