The Amador Star is a gold and silver mine located in Amador county, California.
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Amador Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amador Star
Secondary: Hamberger
Secondary: Rhetta
Secondary: West American Cons. Gold Mines.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eliza M. Kaiser
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Exposed In Workings Shows Minor Offset In Quartz Vein.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LATEST OPERATIONS PRODUCED ORE ASSAYED AT $6/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME ORE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1900; OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY 1917-1935. SOME PRODUCTION REPORTED DURING 1933, 1934, 1935 AND SINCE LAST PRODUCTION WAS ONLY A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND NO NEW ORE WAS FOUND, WORK WAS ABANDONED AND EQUIPMENT REMOVED. MINE PRODUCED OVER $20,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER 1932-35; MINOR COPPER AND LEAD. AGRICULTURAL PATENT OF 130 ACRES. LIES SOUTH OF THE BAY STATE MINE
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT 900 FT., DRIFTS 600 FT. ON 300 FT. LEVEL, DRIFTS 600 FT. AND 1000 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT ON 500 FT. LEVEL, SOME DRIFTS AT 800 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN RANGING FROM 2 1/2 TO 9 FT. IN THICKNESS CONTAINS PYRITE BEARING QUARTZ STRINGERS; SLATE HOST ROCK STRIKES NORTH ALONG A 1/2 MILE WIDE BELT; ORE VEIN EXPOSED IN ADIT IS AT CONTACT WITH SLATE HANGING WALL, GREENSTONE FOOTWALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1956 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY: CJMG, VOL. 50 , P. 167 - 168
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: S.D.M. BULL. 108 , P. 61 - 62 .
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
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