The Constellation is a copper mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Constellation MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Constellation
Secondary: Borger
Secondary: Constitution
Secondary: San Francisco
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Analytical Data: 3 % CU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DIAMOND-DRILLED IN 1943 BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. NOTHING FOUND.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.
Comment (Workings): CLAIMS; METEOR, CONSTELLATION, WEST CONSTELLATION, AND CONSTELLATION PLACER. SHAFT ON CONSTELLATION OF 400 FT., ANOTHER SHAFT 50 FT. DEEP SOUTH OF CONSTELLATION CUT VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 219
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , CALAVERAS COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR, P. 57
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