North Star

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140367
MAS/MILS ID 0060570142
Record type Site
Current site name North Star
Alternate or previous names Central North Star, Fahey Quartz

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.07794, 39.19299 (WGS84)
Elevation 741
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 008 E 03 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.07794, 39.19299

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cal-Sierra Rock Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GLG V 37 #3 JULY 1941 PP 394-5 460 PLS

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 1 2 T15N R8E; SEC 27 28 34 T16N R8E;

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

  • Deposit

    MINE A FORMER UNDERGROUND GOLD MINE IN 1989.

  • Deposit

    THE PROPERTY PRODUCED STONE FROM THE DUMP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-DEC-1996 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.