The Lone Star Group is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.71639, -117.19972
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Lone Star Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Group
Secondary: Patrick Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Goldfield Lone Star Cons. Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST NORTH OF RIDGE ON WHICH BLUE BULL, SIMMERONE ARE LOCATED. 24 CLAIMS, 17 PATENTED, 450 ACRES. UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY. . UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON THE CLAIM GROUP.
Comment (Development): ABOUT $10,000 GROSS VALUE OF ORE WAS PRODUCED BY LESSEES TO ENDOF 1905. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 16 CLAIMS. AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE WAS $290/TON. $30,000 GROSS VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED TO 1922. WORKED IN 1920 BY LESSEES.
Comment (Deposit): LONE STAR LEDGE IS IN A SHEETED ZONE. MAXIMUM STOPE LENGTH WAS 20 FT AND GREATEST ORE WIDTH WAS 5 FT. THIS ORE-BODY WAS PIPE-LIKE IN FORM
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80, 150, AND 220 FT DEPTHS; STOPES, WINZE. ALSO, THE 100-FT SHAFT ON THE PATRICK CLAIM, WITH EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): ALUNITE IS ABUNDANT AND QUITE PURE
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1241
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 244-245
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.
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.
