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Starlight Group

Past Producer in Madera 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. 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 10035120
MRDS ID M022281
Record type Site
Current site name Starlight Group
Related records 10163509

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77403, 37.32104 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position AT GRUB GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsecamp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 020E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SW 1/4 , LOCATION TAKEN FROM TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77403, 37.32104
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 45 NE
    Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT, CROSSCUT FOR 150 FT NORTH ON 50 FT LEVEL, DRIFTS WEST TO 150 FT, AND EAST 25 FT, 50 FT DRIFT WEST ON 200 FT LEVEL. DRIFTS 50 FT EAST 50 FT WEST ON 340 FT LEVEL. CROSSCUT 15 FT NORTH TOWARDS HANGING WALL. 10 - STAMP MILL ERECTED IN 1896 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 550

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 20 - 25 FT THICK OUTCROPS FOR 15000 FT.
Deposit AT ONE TIME CALLED MAMMOTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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