Lone Star

The Lone Star is a zinc, tungsten, lead, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,480 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lone Star
Secondary: Star

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconully

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: The Quartz Monzonite Was Probably Emplaced In A Magmatic Arc.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE LONE STAR MINE HAS MORE THAN 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS IN THE FORM OF SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS (MOEN, 1973, P. 26). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF CONCONULLY AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF SALMON CREEK

Comment (Production): BY 1890, ORE THAT CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 200 OZ/TON AG AND 30% PB WAS MINED FROM SEVERAL LEVELS. BY 1897, ABOUT $40,000 HAD BEEN SPENT DEVELOPING THE MINE, BUT PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO ONLY SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. TRIAL SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE MADE TO SMELTERS IN 1913, 1943, AND 1969 (MOEN, 1973, P. 25).

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN THE MEDIUM- TO COARSE-GRAINED GRANODIORITE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE CONCONULLY PLUTON. THE PLUTON IS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ON ITS EASTERN EDGE NEAR THE TOWN OF CONCONULLLY (STOFFEL, 1990, P. 24).

References

Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): MCFARLAND, C.R., MCLUCAS, G.B., RIGBY, J.G., STOFFEL, K.L., 1979, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1979: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 69, 100 P.

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

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