The Lone Star Group is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.78528, -118.39139
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Lone Star Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard - Rand
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: E. H. Mims
Home Office: Sacramento, Ca.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Altered Andesite-Kaolinized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Production): $75,000 ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM MINE
Comment (Workings): 2 - 90 FOOT VERTICAL SHAFTS, A 500 FOOT VERT. SHAFT, 170 FOOT 80 DEGREE INCLINE.
Comment (Commodity): ASSAY AVE. $3 TO $12 PER TON AU; $7 TO $20 PER TON SILVER IN 1937 . ORE AVE. 3 FT OF $16.37/TON.
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Geology): ORE IS SOFT CRUSHED QTZ. AND COUNTRY ROCK CARRYING, LIMONITE, JAROSITE AND IN SOME PLACES GYPSUM
Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGY IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF NEV. RAND EXCEPT THAT ANDESITE BRECCIA AND RHYOLITE WERE ENCOUNTERED IN THE LOWER WORKINGS OF THE DEEPER SHAFT. MINE IS ABOUT 2000 FEET EAST AT THE LAST HOPE MINE ALONG THE SAME GRANODIORITE-ANDESITE CONTACT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W. H., 1914 , REPORT ON THE LONE - STAR MINE, UMPUBLISHED,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE
Reference (Production): F ( 1 )
Reference (Deposit): FOSHAG, W. F., 1928 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HAWTHORNE, QUAD. (UNPUBLISHED)
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.
