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Evening Star

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077596
MRDS ID W025298
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star
Alternate or previous names Bright Star, Iron Mask
Related records 10213922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.59304, 40.67791 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES SE OF COPLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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 033N 006W 30,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ESTIMATED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.59304, 40.67791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE FOOT WALL, METARHYOLITE HANGING WALL; VEIN DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shasta

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 48.564HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT 190 FT. CROSSCUT WITH 600 FT. DRIFTS, WINZE 30 FT. SECOND LEVEL 230 FT. DRIFTING; ALASKITE FOLLOWS VEIN IN MAIN ADIT; ORE SHOOT 200 FT. X 16 IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 29 , P. 23

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 SHASTA COUNTY: C.M.B. REPT. 14 P. 780

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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