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North Star

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035852
MRDS ID M023780
Record type Site
Current site name North Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12806, 40.83623 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 3.2 MI. N. HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(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 035N;034N 011W;011W 32;05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 SE 1/4 32. UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12806, 40.83623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 30SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name East Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $200,000. ORE WAS FREE-MILLING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DEVELOPMENT WORK IND. 950 FT. ADIT, DRIFTS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 895-896

  • Production

    BROWN (1913)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 VEINS. 300 FT. ORE SHOOT, 4 FT. THICK
Deposit 160 ACRES. EXTENSION OF ENTERPRISE LODE ; 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

Beyond USGS

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