The Yellow Aster Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Yellow Aster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Aster Mine
Secondary: Yellow Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): 3 VEINS, INCLUDE ASTER & CHINA, 1 1/2 & 2 1/2 FT AVE. THICKNESS. RESPECTIVELY. ASTER VEIN STRIKES N 10 E, DIPS 60 NW, ASSOCIATED W. DIORITE DIKE MAINLY ON FOOTWALL SIDE. CHINA VEIN 60 - 100 FT W., STRIKES N 10 E, DIPS 30 - 60 DEG NW. 3RD VEIN 250 FT FURTHER W. STRIKES N 10 W, DIPS STEEPLY W. ALSO SMALL W STRIKING CROSS VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Production): AFTER EARLIER OPERATIONS MINE WAS REOPENED IN THE 1950S. IN EARLY 1960S MILLING-GRADE ORE WAS BEING STOCK PILED. HIGHER-GRADE MAT'L WAS HAND SORTED ORE SHIPPED TO SELBY SMELTER.
Comment (Workings): 600 FT ADIT ON ASTER VEIN, W. TWO X-CUTS TO CHINA VEIN, W 140 FT DRIFT ALONG IT, AT 300 & 400 FT IN FROM ADIT PORTAL. OTHER WORKINGS MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE. IN EARLY 1960S OWNERS WERE DRIVING A DRIFT ALONG THE WEST VEIN.
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD COMMONLY ASSOC. W. GALENA
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 76 , 38 - 39 , 188 , PL B
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIF.: CDM BULL 144 , PT. 3 , P. 223
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
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