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Yellow Aster Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029292
MRDS ID M006740
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Aster Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Star
Related records 10114612

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.57573, 38.39908 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI W OF WEST POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 013E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD COMMONLY ASSOC. W. GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.57573, 38.39908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip N W

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 VEINS, INCLUDE ASTER & CHINA, 1 1/2 & 2 1/2 FT AVE. THICKNESS. RESPECTIVELY. ASTER VEIN STRIKES N 10 E, DIPS 60 NW, ASSOCIATED W. DIORITE DIKE MAINLY ON FOOTWALL SIDE. CHINA VEIN 60 - 100 FT W., STRIKES N 10 E, DIPS 30 - 60 DEG NW. 3RD VEIN 250 FT FURTHER W. STRIKES N 10 W, DIPS STEEPLY W. ALSO SMALL W STRIKING CROSS VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • AFTER EARLIER OPERATIONS MINE WAS REOPENED IN THE 1950S. IN EARLY 1960S MILLING-GRADE ORE WAS BEING STOCK PILED. HIGHER-GRADE MAT'L WAS HAND SORTED ORE SHIPPED TO SELBY SMELTER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FT ADIT ON ASTER VEIN, W. TWO X-CUTS TO CHINA VEIN, W 140 FT DRIFT ALONG IT, AT 300 & 400 FT IN FROM ADIT PORTAL. OTHER WORKINGS MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE. IN EARLY 1960S OWNERS WERE DRIVING A DRIFT ALONG THE WEST VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 76 , 38 - 39 , 188 , PL B

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIF.: CDM BULL 144 , PT. 3 , P. 223

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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