The North Star is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.40806, -120.81111
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North Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Wabash Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): 60 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 370 FT, THEN INCLINE CHANGED TO 88 DEGREES FOR 240 FT, DRIFTS 47 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: UPPER PORTION OF MINE IN SLATE, LOWER PORTION IN GREENSTONE; GREENSTONE FOOTWALL, SLATE TO E CONTAINS GREENSTONE DIKES.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS OF THIS & PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHER CLAIMS SHOWN ON SUTTER CREEK QUAD 1962 REV.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 194
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 254
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 71 - 72
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