Lone Star Group

The Lone Star Group is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Lone Star Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.7825, -118.39639

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Lone Star Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lone Star Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard District


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

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: E. M. Mims, Sacramento, California
Years: 1936 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): $25,000-VANDERBURG (1937); $75,000-ROSS (1961)

Comment (Location): LOCATION AND UTM ESTIMATED

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS ON THE GOLD PEN VEIN AND IS LOCALLY 100 FEET THICK WITH MUCH INCLUDED WALL ROCK MATERIAL. VEIN CONSISTS OF SHEAR ZONE WITH QUARTZ LENSES CARRYING AU AND AG. ZONE 10 TO 100 FT WIDE IS OFTEN LARGELY KAOLINIZED. ALL ORES OXIDIZED

Comment (Workings): 550-FOOT SHAFT, A 250-FOOT SHAFT, AND 1,000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. MINING DONE BY HAND.

Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO RANDALL PROPERTY EXCEPT RHYOLITE ALSO PRESENT. ON GOLDEN PEN VEIN WHICH IS EMPLACED ALONG A NW TRENDING FAULT


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): BLACK, J. W., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 58; ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.