The Lone Star Mine is a mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,620 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,620 Feet (1,713 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.5492, -106.20750
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Lone Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Mine
Secondary: La Bajada Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lone Star Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Brannerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Colusite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (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.
References
Reference (Deposit): 36 N. 3, PP. 173-183.
Reference (Deposit): THE LONE STAR DEPOSIT, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COMPAS
Reference (Deposit): LUSTIG, LAWRENCE K., AND ROSENZWEIG, ABRAHAM, 1959, MINERALO
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