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North Star, Evening Star

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035834
MRDS ID M023753
Record type Site
Current site name North Star, Evening Star
Related records 10117410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57861, 41.15178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 4 MI. E. EAGLE CREEK CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mumbo Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 006W 17,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 SE 1/4 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED ARSENIC AND WAS NOT FREE-MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7 SAMPLES ASSAYED $4.90/TON IN GOLD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57861, 41.15178
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN IGNEOUS DIKE ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICH POCKETS OF QUARTZ AND ORCHER STRINGERS IN DIKE. EXPOSURE SAID TO BE ONE QUARTER OF A MILE SQUARE.
Deposit HOLDINGS CONSISTED OF NORTH STAR AND EVENING STAR PLACERS AND 2 OTHER UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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