The Lone Star Mine is a arsenic and gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Lone Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Green Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lone Star Mining Co.
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $25-$40/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS BRIGHT STAR AND GRANT MINES ON THE EAST.
Comment (Production): RECOVERY BY AMALGAMATION WAS $15/TON IN GOLD. FROM 400 TONS OF ORE MILLED, $5700 WAS RECOVERED. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF VEINS. LONE STAR VEIN STRIKES N70E. VARIES FROM 3-6 FT IN THICKNESS. INTERSECTS A VEIN THAT STRIKES N4SE, DIPS 40SE
Comment (Workings): INCLINE WITH DRIFT ON 40 FT LEVEL. EXTENDS 200 FT SOUTHEAST AND 70 FT NORTHEAST. 2 ORE SHOOTS WERE DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF SHAFT. FIRST ORE SHOOT WAS ENCOUNTERED 30 FT SOUTHWEST OF SHAFT AND 3 FT IN THICKNESS. BETWEEN THIS ORE SHOOT AND THE SECOND ONE, THERE IS 60 FT OF BARREN GROUND. SECOND ORE SHOOT 60 FT LONG 3 FT IN THICKNESS. OTHER VEINS PROSPECTS BY SHAFTS TO DEPTHS OF 40-80 FT.
Comment (Geology): K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE
Comment (Deposit): 9 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G. B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 228-229. PL. 17
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949)
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