Mine detail: Lone Star of the West Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.59363, -105.29807

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation;Gneiss And Mica Schist
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)

References

MRDS	DC02751
DEP	10101947
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.