The Blazing Star is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.40139, -120.50694
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Blazing Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blazing Star
Secondary: Water Lily
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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
Type: L
Description: Series Of Diorite Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 400 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND 1000 FT ADIT WORKED ON THREE LEVELS; 210 FT LEVEL WITH 200 FT N DRIFT AND 200 FT S DRIFT, 260 FT WITH 300 FT N DRIFT AND 150 FT S DRIFT, ON 360 FT LEVEL A 130 FT N DRIFT,ON 260 FT LEVEL, 150 FT FROM SHAFT A WINZE SUNK 50 FT EXPOSED 450 BY 3 FT BLAZING STAR ORE SHOOT, ANOTHER 200 FT BY 1 - 4 FT ORE SHOOT CALLED WATER LILY. DEVELOPED BY 230 AND 125 FT SHAFTS
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC
Comment (Commodity): ABUNDANT SULFIDES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN, CUT BY SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES, TWO ORE VEINS
Comment (Production): WATER LILLY ACTIVE 1880S NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, TWO ORE VEINS CUT BY A SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES
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 38 - 39 , 139 , 186 AND PLB
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 13TH REPT. STATE MIN; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 71
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. OF MINES, P 298 , 322
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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