Mine detail: Lone Star Mine

Previously called 'Lexington ProjectAttwood MineWashington Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.99598, -118.60356

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Chalcocite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Talc, Dolomite, Pyrrhotite, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Sericite, Serpentine
Orebody form: Irregularly shaped, east-west trending, relatively flat-lying zone.
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1909

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite,Dacite,Greenstone,Argillite,Siltstone,Limestone,Chert
Associated type:Rhyodacite

References

MAS530190424
DEP10252966
Reference{Deposit:: BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 197-199, P. 2.}{Deposit:: LONE STAR MINING CORP. FEASIBILITY STUDY UNPUBLISHED. 1976}{Deposit:: WASH. STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY ENV. IMPACT STATEMENT OCTOBER}{Deposit:: WHITE,A.F. RPT. GEOL. CURLEW AREA/AMER. EXPLOR. CO. 1970 UNP}{Deposit:: AZURE RESOURCES LTD ANNUAL REPORT 1982-1983.}{Deposit:: WA. DIV. GEOL. AND EARTH RESOURCES, 1991, WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 7.}{Deposit:: 12-96: SOURCE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE ARTICLE. ARTICLE MIGHT BE FROM AN ANNUAL RPT, PERHAPS LEXINGTON.}{Deposit:: PARKER, R. L., AND CALKINS, J. A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1169, P. 86-88, PL. 3}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 54}{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18}{Deposit:: HODGES, L.K., 1987, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116P. [FASCIMILE REPRINTED 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.]}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Puffett, Willard P., Greene, Robert, Pierce, Paul A., Frank, Dave