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Star Light Mine

Past Producer in Butte 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103436
MRDS ID M023927
Record type Site
Current site name Star Light Mine
Related records 10138681

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.26494, 39.53516 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 0.7 MI. NE OLD FORBESTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbestown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 019N 006E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 NE 1/4

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.26494, 39.53516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 30NE

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT. ADIT, FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, LEWIS E., 1903, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, NO. 17, P. 8-9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 FT. THICK. FREE GOLD AND IRON SULFIDES
Deposit UNPATENTED. PROBABLY LATER INCORPORATED INTO GOLD BANK MINE HOLDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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