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Starr King

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Land status
  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 10105954
MRDS ID W026059
Record type Site
Current site name Starr King
Related records 10287593

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20432, 37.94186 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES S.E. OF TUOLUMNE, ADJOINING PROVIDENCE MINE ON THE S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuolumne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(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 001N 016E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 30 - 50 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN WITH AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 18 INCHES; THE VEIN VARIES FROM A NARROW SEAM TO 36 INCHES SLATE ON FOOTWALL, GRANODIORITE ON HANGING WALL; ORE FORMATION IRREGULAR AND RICHEST AT THE INTERSECTION OF JOINT PLANES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years WORKED INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1886 - 1916

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 510 FT. WITH DRIFTING 400 FT. AND MORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1928 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV., TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CDMG REPT. 24 , P. 20

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1928

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STARR KING MINE CONTAINS THE STARR KING AND SHERMAN CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

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