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Star

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron
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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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077947
MRDS ID W026031
Record type Site
Current site name Star
Related records 10214568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.301, 38.10547 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Relative position IT IS 2 MILES N.E. OF COLUMBIA, ON RIDGE S. OF ROSE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 015E 23,24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.301, 38.10547
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN IN SLATE, A FEW HUNDRED FT. FROM A LARGE GRANITE MASS. QUARTZ HEAVILY SULFURATED, GIVING A DARK GRAY COLOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT 170 FT; AGGREGATE 1400 FT OF ADITS, SHAFTS, WINZES, RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 492

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 163

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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