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North Star and Elkhorn

Past Producer in Shasta 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034471
MRDS ID M021258
Record type Site
Current site name North Star and Elkhorn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51998, 40.53902 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N. OF IGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 006W 14,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTIONS PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51998, 40.53902
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Muletown

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 13.76HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CLAIMS; 2 SHAFTS (CAVED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES,

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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