Mine detail: Lone Star Mine

Previously called 'Star'

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Location: Okanogan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.57761, -119.767
dep_id: 10041586
mrds_id: M056686
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitized Granodiorite
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Fractures.
Reporter: Greene, Robert, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Similkameen
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: The South End Of The Vein Has Been Offset As Much As 50 Ft By Faults.
Year first produced: 1890
yr_lst_prd: 1969
disc_yr: 1886
discr: Henry C. Lawrence
References:
  • Deposit:: WASH. DGER IC 69, P. 1
  • Production:: WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 221; IC 49, P. 24-26
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