The Lone Star No. Seven Prospect is a mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,553 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,553 Feet (2,607 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.3, -108.77500
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Lone Star No. Seven Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star No. Seven Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Felix And Arment Menges
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): 6 FT CHIP SAMPL FROM OPEN CUT CA(F2) 50.2% GRAB SAMPLE CA(F2) 48.1% SI(02) 33.4% CA(C03) 1.6%
References
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK,H.E. 1946 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 46-47.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC8307 PP 15.
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013.
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