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Evening Star

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034417
MRDS ID M021187
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4322, 40.65402 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES N OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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)

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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 03,04 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4322, 40.65402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 50 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL VEINS; META - ANDESITE FOOT WALL, GRANITIC HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Old Diggings

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 1100 FT, DRIFTS 1000 FT. ORE SHOOT 230 FT X 14 IN.; LOCATED EARLY 1900'S .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CAL. MIN. BUR., REPT 14 , P 786 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C. D. M. G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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