Mine detail: Lone Star Deposits

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Location

Lat / long: 32.95016, -94.67522

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Water, Free
Other material: Goethite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Discovery year: 1830

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855

Geology

References

MAS483430001
DEP10203466
Reference{Deposit:: BOND, W.R. BENEFICIATION OF EAST TEXAS IRON ORES-BASIS}{Deposit:: OF LONE STAR OPERATIONS. JOURNAL OF METALS, APRIL 1953,}{Deposit:: PP. 515-519.}{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F. IRON ORE IN CASS, MARION, MORRIS, AND}{Deposit:: CHEROKEE COUNTIES, TEXAS. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 620,}{Deposit:: 1915, PP. 69-109.}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B. THE BROWN ORES OF EASTERN TEXAS. U.S.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 902, 1938, 157 PP.}{Deposit:: FINE, M.M., D.W. FROMMER, AND W.M. DRESSEL.}{Deposit:: PRELIMINARY MINERAL-DRESSING INVESTIGATION OF EAST TEXAS}{Deposit:: BROWN ORES. BUMINES RI 5252, 1956, 10 PP.}{Deposit:: MALONE, V.F. MINING EAST TEXAS IRON ORES. MINING}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING, MAY 1957, PP. 524-527.}{Deposit:: MC GRAW-HILL. 1981 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF}{Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. MC GRAW-HILL}{Deposit:: MINING PUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK, 1981, P. 94.}{Deposit:: NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES, INC. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 48.}
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