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Blazing Star

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10029280
MRDS ID M006728
Record type Site
Current site name Blazing Star
Alternate or previous names Water Lily
Related records 10187160

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50795, 38.4013 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1 MI E OF WEST POINT, NEAR BUMMERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 013E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50795, 38.4013
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Diorite Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 80 W
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN, CUT BY SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES, TWO ORE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1862 - 1896 , 1914 - 1917

Comments on the production information

  • WATER LILLY ACTIVE 1880S NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 400 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND 1000 FT ADIT WORKED ON THREE LEVELS; 210 FT LEVEL WITH 200 FT N DRIFT AND 200 FT S DRIFT, 260 FT WITH 300 FT N DRIFT AND 150 FT S DRIFT, ON 360 FT LEVEL A 130 FT N DRIFT,ON 260 FT LEVEL, 150 FT FROM SHAFT A WINZE SUNK 50 FT EXPOSED 450 BY 3 FT BLAZING STAR ORE SHOOT, ANOTHER 200 FT BY 1 - 4 FT ORE SHOOT CALLED WATER LILY. DEVELOPED BY 230 AND 125 FT SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 38 - 39 , 139 , 186 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 13TH REPT. STATE MIN; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 71

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 298 , 322

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO ORE VEINS CUT BY A SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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