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Ocean Star

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007595
MRDS ID C011837
Record type Site
Current site name Ocean Star
Alternate or previous names Cooley
Related records 10261294

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74964, 39.35156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049
Relative position 2 MI. E WASHINGTON, S YUBA R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 011E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74964, 39.35156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 85 E
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 48.77M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHANDLER, J. W., 1941 , MINING METHODS AND COSTS OF THE LAVA CAP GOLD MINING CORPORATION, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 427 .

  • Deposit

    MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 226 .

  • Production

    CHANDLER, ( 1941 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE WASHINGTON (GERMAN) CONS. 3 LOCATIONS - OCEAN STAR, HANLEY & S. HANLEY, TOTAL 60 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 1 - 8 FT. THICK, AVG. 2 1/2 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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