The Bright Star is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.33472, -120.62944
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Bright Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bright Star
Secondary: Black Cat.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
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
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: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES PRESENT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC NW 1/4 SEC
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, VEIN IS 4 - 12 FT THICK WITH 3 OTHER MINOR N STRIKING & W DIPPING VEINS WHICH AVERAGE 4 FT IN THICKNESS. FOOTWALL IS PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL IS GRANODIORITE IN UPPER WORKINGS AND SLATE IN LOWER WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF 2 CROSSCUT TUNNELS DRIVEN SOUTHWARD INTO VEIN, 175 FT AND 425 FT IN LENGTH AND CALLED LEVELS NO. 1 AND 2 RESPECTIVELY. ON NO 2 LEVEL THERE IS A 500 FT DRIFT W AND A 400 FT DRIFT EAST. TWO RAISES HAVE BEED DRIVEN FROM NO. 2 LEVEL TO SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS; BRIGHT STAR, AMERICAN, JULY FIND, GOLD BULGER, JACQUIN, HILL TOP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ACTIVE PRIOR TO AND FROM 1924 TO 1934
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 141 AND PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OOF MINES, P 245 - 6 AND 299
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 ), LOGAN ( 1936 )
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