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North Star Group of Mines

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064439
MRDS ID TC38808
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Group of Mines
Alternate or previous names Atlanta
Related records 10140111

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98362, 34.03254 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF 29 PALMS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twentynine Palms Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002S 009E 1 California

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF PINTO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98362, 34.03254
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Park

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT SUNK 60 FT AT NORTH STAR CLAIM; SOUTH AT ATLANTA CLAIM 100 FT DEEP SHAFT, AT END OF SHAFT A 270 FT TUNNEL IS DRIVEN NORTH.

Comments on development

  • NORTH STAR CLAIM ORE $25 AU/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 40-41

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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