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North Star and Virginia

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103036
MRDS ID M021259
Record type Site
Current site name North Star and Virginia
Alternate or previous names North Star
Related records 10286677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66943, 40.73235 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES N.W. OF TOWN OF FRENCH GULCH, NEAR DUTCH GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 007W 08,09 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66943, 40.73235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1 MAIN VEIN WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French Gulch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS-UPPER 330 FT, LOWER 240 FT.; LOCATED IN EARLY 1860'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: CDM REPT. 29 , P. 41 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT 17 , P 523

  • 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.
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

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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