Mine detail: Lone Star Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'Lone Star Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.85013, -110.35067

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Quartz
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1946

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1946

Geology

Host type:Schist
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Fault With 900 M. Vertical Displacement Is Located 0.8 Km. East Of Mine
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSW006928
DEP10069410
Reference{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DEPT. MINERAL RESOURCES, P. 10 - 12.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1950, FLUORSPAR IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES CIRC. NO. 15, P. 9 - 10.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES. ARIZ. MNG. JOUR., APRIL, 1948.}{Deposit:: BURNETTE, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE CANYON, WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA, MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, B.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: WILSON, E. D., 1950, FLUORSPAR IN ARIZONA. U.S. BU MINES MINERAL YEARBOOSK}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Gest, Don E., Carbonaro, Marguerite M.