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Laura & North Star

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077982
MRDS ID W026080
Record type Site
Current site name Laura & North Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24406, 37.97686 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position ONE MILE N. OF TUOLUMNE, ON RIDGE E. OF CHEROKEE CREEK.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N;002N 016E;016E 05;32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.24406, 37.97686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 50 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SITUATED ON THE "EUREKA-DEAD HORSE LEAD", THE VEIN HAVING AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 5 FT.>

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • LAURA SHAFT 436 FT; NORTH STAR SHAFT 400 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 153 - 154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A COMPOSITE OF TWO SEPARATE CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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