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Evening Star Claim

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10103433
MRDS ID M023917
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star Claim
Related records 10260127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43411, 39.6921 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1.3 MI. ESE BIG BEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 005E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) In Adit And Crosscuts, A Thickness Of 50 Ft. Or More Is Leached And Altered To Soft Mass Of Clay And Silica

Analytical data

Result 6 FT. THICKNESS OF VEIN SAID TO CARRY $4-$5 FREE GOLD. 8 IN. THICKNESS SAID TO ASSAY 6.62%-13% CU, 1-5 OZ. AG, 80? AU AND SOME ZINC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43411, 39.6921
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL CRUSTS OF AZURITE, MALACHITE OCCUR IN LEACHED ZONE NEAR SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. ADIT ON STRIKE OF VEIN. 50 FT. FROM PORTAL, WINZE SUNK 12 FT. IN ADIT FLOOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF. CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 372-373

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN ALTERED ZONE OF HOST ROCK MINERALIZED WITH THICKLY DISSEMINATED SULFIDES. 8 IN.-6 FT. THICK. THOUGHT TO BE EXT. OF PINKSTON VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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