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North Star

Past Producer in Placer 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. Ownership information
  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 10007728
MRDS ID C012256
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Related records 10261876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.9652, 38.96295 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 3/4 MI. NW BUTCHER RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST N 1/2 , SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.9652, 38.96295
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Damascus

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Power, E. J. Young, Henry F. Powers
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 46 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 345 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 7 FT. THICK
Deposit NOT SAME CLAIM AS NORTH STAR MINE IN T 16 N, R 10 E, SEC. 34 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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