The Lonestar Group is a silver and gold mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,202 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: 8,202 Feet (2,500 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.7544, -106.47110
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Lonestar Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lonestar Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jones, Joseph L. And Verlene
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MAP FILES
Reference (Deposit): , SANTA FE, N. M. MAY 1896, P. 27
Reference (Deposit): BURKE, W. S.; COCHITI DISTRICT, N. M. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
Reference (Deposit): 1909, P. 2
Reference (Deposit): STATE PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M. P. 63
Reference (Deposit): P. 159
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, GRATON, AND GOROON; USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 68,
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, WOLFGANG E.; NMBMMR BULL. 81, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): AUG. 25, 1900, P. 216
Reference (Deposit): V. 25, NO. 6, JUNE 1947, P. 31-32
Reference (Deposit): WYNCOOP, W. C.; THE COCHITI DISTRICT, N. M., EMJ V. 70,
Reference (Deposit): KUTNEWSKY, FREMONT; AS LONG AS THERE'S GOLD, N. M. MAG.
Reference (Deposit): N. M. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 941 A, B, AND C.
Reference (Deposit): MONOPOLE LODES.
Reference (Deposit): LONESTAR GROUP INCLUDES THE LONESTAR, FREE TRADE, AND DRY
Reference (Deposit): LATER OWNED BY THE COSSAK MINING CO. FROM 1914 TO 1916.
Reference (Deposit): NAVAJO GOLD MINING CO. FROM 1899 TO 1902.
Reference (Deposit): THE LONESTAR WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE
Reference (Deposit): 1905.
Reference (Deposit): SAID TO HAVE SHIPPED APPROXIMATELY $100,000 OF ORE BEFORE
Reference (Deposit): 1893 TO MARCH, 1896.
Reference (Deposit): THE LONESTAR SHIPPED $60,000 OF ORE BEFORE 1903, AND IS
Reference (Deposit): THE LONESTAR IS SAID TO HAVE SHIPPED 800 TONS OF ORE FROM
Reference (Deposit): PATENTED 1898.
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