Rare 39.94 Acre Gold Mining Claim – Star Mine, Tuolumne County, CA Mother Lode

Meeting of the Mines Goldstrike Corp. is proud to introduce "Star Mine"

A remarkable mining claim boasting a unique combination of lode and placer mining opportunities.

In a market where high-quality, well-documented gold claims are becoming increasingly scarce, the "Star Mine" stands out as a rare dual-opportunity property. This 39.94-acre claim combines proven placer ground on a historically productive creek with substantial underground lode workings — all in one of the Mother Lode’s classic gold districts. Suitable for the beginner/serious prospector/miner or the investors seeking a tangible hard-asset position in gold, it presents gold mining opportunities in a remote, secluded location, offering immediate exploration potential, long-term upside, and the possibility of striking it rich!

Rare 39.94 Acre Gold Mining Claim – Star Mine, Tuolumne County, CA Mother Lode

Rare 39.94 Acre Gold Mining Claim – Star Mine, Tuolumne County, CA Mother Lode

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Description

Meeting of the Mines Goldstrike Corp. is proud to introduce "Star Mine"

A remarkable mining claim boasting a unique combination of lode and placer mining opportunities.

In a market where high-quality, well-documented gold claims are becoming increasingly scarce, the "Star Mine" stands out as a rare dual-opportunity property. This 39.94-acre claim combines proven placer ground on a historically productive creek with substantial underground lode workings — all in one of the Mother Lode’s classic gold districts. Suitable for the beginner/serious prospector/miner or the investors seeking a tangible hard-asset position in gold, it presents gold mining opportunities in a remote, secluded location, offering immediate exploration potential, long-term upside, and the possibility of striking it rich!

Spanning an impressive 1600 feet, "Star Mine" offers ample opportunities for placer mining with a big sweeping bend. The area is known for nuggets and Rose Creek has yielded several over the years.

BLM# CA106869493

The "Star Mine" is located among several mineral-surveyed lode claims and millsites, it sits in a proven mineralized (Gold) corridor in the heart of the "American Camp Mining District"

Geological Report Points to Undiscovered Gold

A 1997 California Division of Mines and Geology report specifically identified the American Camp Mining District as an area likely to contain undiscovered gold deposits similar to those already known in the region.

State geologists concluded that significant portions of the district remain under explored, with strong probability that additional gold deposits remain to be found in the same geological settings that produced the historic gold.

This official recognition, combined with the claim’s position among mineral-surveyed lode claims, its documented underground workings, gives the "Star Mine" a level of geological upside that most available claims simply do not offer.

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Rose Creek is a historically rich gold-bearing stream, in the "American Camp Mining District," known for its rich Eocene gold-bearing ancient channel gravels and gold-bearing ore with abundant free gold.

Mineralization is a quartz vein deposit. The ore body strikes NE and dips 45SE. The vein is hosted in slate a few hundred feet from a large granite mass. The quartz is heavily sulfurated, giving a dark gray color. The gold is coarse.

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Exposed bedrock streambed with solid rock slabs, deep cracks, and natural ledges tightly packed with large boulders. Creating classic gold-trapping riffles and crevices where heavy gold flakes/nuggets settles.

Perfect raw placer stretch for crevicing, prospecting, and prime conditions for metal detecting.

Substantial Underground Workings

The "Star Mine" comprises a principal shaft of 170 feet in depth, together with approximately 1,400 feet of underground development, including adits, shafts, winzes, and raises.

Although the entrance currently requires reopening, the scale of the workings is significant. Restoring access to the adit would require a moderate level of effort and preparatory work.

The quartz carries coarse free gold and in places the gold-ore is rich!

Rose creek carries water year-round (on a normal wet year) — heavy in winter, then settling into excellent flow for dredging and highbanking from early spring through mid-summer. Late summer and early fall expose bedrock and gravel bars.

Tailings and former millsites on the claim provide immediate material for sampling and processing, offering a practical starting point for further exploration, potentially maximizing your mining output.

This claim is well suited to both experienced miners and those new to the industry, providing an opportunity to pursue gold exploration and development in a remote, secluded setting with minimal human activity and the potential for significant discoveries of gold!

CAMPING/ACCESS

An Off-Grid Miner’s Retreat

Italian Bar Road is passable with two-wheel drive, but the real adventure begins once you turn onto Forestry Road 3N12 and continue onto 3N12B — four-wheel drive is essential from there. Fully off the grid and wonderfully remote, the journey is well worth it. At the minesite, a solid dirt road opens up access to most of the claim.

The standout feature is a large, open meadow on the Star Mine, offering an excellent natural staging area for operations. With plenty of room to set up camp, stage equipment, or establish a base of operations, it provides a practical and spacious starting point for any serious effort. Additional photos of the road conditions appear further down the page.

Investment Potential

Mining claims are considered real property (mineral rights). They can be bought, sold, leased, willed, or transferred, and historically retain strong resale value — particularly well-located claims in established gold districts.

With gold prices trending higher, the "Star Mine" offers multiple paths to value:

~ Direct recovery through placer mining or underground exploration

~ Holding as a hard-asset position while gold markets strengthen

~ Future resale or lease to other operators

~ A great opportunity for anyone looking to start their own small-scale mining operation or to add to an existing portfolio of mining claims.

The combination of surface placer ground, documented underground workings, and a location among other mineral-surveyed claims is uncommon and adds to the claim’s versatility and long-term appeal. For an investor, this is a tangible, physical asset in a proven historic district rather than a paper position in the gold market. For an active miner, it provides both immediate surface work and longer-term underground potential on the same claim.

Who We Are:

At Meeting of the Mines Goldstrike Corp., we don’t just sell mining claims—we live the gold mining lifestyle every day. Our team is made up of seasoned professional gold miners who mine for a living, not as a hobby.

Currently, we operate one active gold mine, with another nearing production.

Our business/mining claims have been featured in industry magazines, national newspapers, and were home to the first-ever Freddy Dodge’s Garrett Gold Challenge: Top Prospector. One of our sites even produced an incredible 10.5-ounce gold nugget —a testament to the kind of potential these claims hold.

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Mining claims are mineral rights to Government land and the rights to extract precious metals. They are considered real property and can be bought, sold, leased, willed, transferred and etc., with that being said they have tremendous resale value.​

American Camp Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne Co., California

Location, History, Geology, Ore Deposits, Mines

Location : This district is in northwestern Tuolumne County in the general vicinity of American Camp Station, which is about eight miles northeast of Columbia. It includes the Italian Bar, French Camp, Star Ridge, Grant Ridge, and Cedar Ridge areas. The famous Columbia placer-mining district adjoins it on the southwest.

History: The streams in the district were first mined during the gold rush. The town of Italian Bar was the principal settlement at that time. It later was destroyed by fire. Lode mining began about 1860, and continued almost steadily until around 1900. There was some mining in the district again in the 1920s and 1930s, and there has been minor prospecting since. The Grant mine was prospected for uranium in 1953-54. Geology. The district is underlain predominantly by argillite, quartzite, siliceous schist, and limestone of the Calaveras Formation (Carboniferous to Permian). There are also a few small granodiorite stocks. Finegrained diorite and aplite dikes are common and are often associated with the gold-quartz veins.

Geology : Numerous gold-quartz veins and stringers contain small to medium-sized ore shoots. The veins strike either west or north-north-east. In places the ore is rich. The ore contains free gold associated with varying amounts of sulfides, especially galena and chalcopyrite. There are several patches of Eocene channel gravels that have been mined by hydraulicking. At the Grant mine black uraninite associated with gold occurs in quartz.

Mines: Argentum Consolidated, Black Bear, Contention, Gold Ridge, Grant, Gray Eagle, Ham and Birnev ($100,000), Hazel Bell, Indian Girl, Keltz ($300,000), Lucky Strike, Mountain Lily, Noonday, Rifle, Sonnet,

Star , Tiffany, Volunteer.

Claim particulars

"Star Mine"

This claim is in Lot 2, Section 23, Township 3N, Range 15E, Mount Diablo Meridian

One Placer Mining Claim

39.94 Acres

BLM# CA106869493

Since this is a 39.94-acre mining claim, it shall require 2 names for the transfer.

GPS points given upon request, driving directions are further down the page

Driving Directions

From Columbia:

Italian Bar Road is also known as Forestry Road 2N63

At approx. the 8 mile mark you will come to the intersection below, stay to the right

The picture below is #5 on directions above, 3N12

3N12 below

The picture below is #6 on directions above, 3N12A

3N12A pictured below

Another picture of 3N12A below

Camping Areas

There is a couple of nice areas to camp on the claim, shown in above photos. But getting a smaller 5th wheel or camp trailer to the claim may be problematic. Tent camping would be no problem.

A few miles back in Columbia (23223 Italian Bar Rd.) CA, there is the 49er RV Ranch, which is a very popular place to stay.

Which offers:

Camp Store – The ranch camp store offers an assortment of Camping, RV supplies, Food, and Souvenirs.

Full Hookups – All Sites have full hookups with 30/50 amp electric, water, and sewer. Along with wireless Internet and Cable TV.

And, of course, the very special and peaceful ambiance and hospitality 49er Ranch Camping has provided since 1852. In 1852, camping was for the overflow of covered wagons (a 49er RV) searching for Columbia’s bonanza of placer gold. Share bragging rights that you camped in California’s oldest and best campground in the Gold Country.

Black Oak Casino has a RV park.

Area Recreation and Nearby Towns

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The Gold pick/shovel above, shows the approx. location of the claim.

Star Mine is located in the Heart of California's Mother Lode Gold Country with Historic towns and Mining Sites scattered throughout.

Columbia, California!

Located in the heart of the California mother lode, Columbia State Historic Park a living gold rush town featuring the largest single selection of existing gold rush-era structures in the state.

Murphys is approx 15 miles from Columbia, where Ironstone Vineyards is located, home to the "World's Largest Specimen of Crystalline Gold Leaf." A 44-pound treasure, found in 1992, in Jamestown at the Harvard Mine. This 44-pound piece of gold, is considered priceless due to its rare form.

Payment Information

Accepted methods of payment: Personal/Business checks, direct deposits or wire transfer, cashier's check and money orders. PayPal does not allow payment for real estate or land purchases and mining claims are considered real estate, so we are unable to accept payment through PayPal. No returns or exchanges, contact me with questions.

Transfer of Ownership

Once payment is received and clears, a deed will be filled out with your name or names and notarized transferring ownership to the new owner. Either you or I can mail (a lot of time I will hand deliver to the appropriate County and BLM) it to the appropriate County recording office and BLM, but I would rather do it so I know it’s done correctly, but of course that is your call. I will pay all transfer fees. If you purchase this claim or claims we will be sending you a packet with all the appropriate claim paperwork after the payment clears.

If you have any questions, please email me. You are dealing with a real miner/prospector here.

Feedback:

If there are any problems please send me an email and I will do my best to resolve them.

Meeting of the Mines Goldstrike Corp. takes great pride in finding claims for the serious miner and the hobbyist miner.

We do thorough research to ensure that we sell only open claims. Our claims never overlap a LOAD or PLACER claim, we never top file!

The photos below show our current hardrock mining operation and equipment used.

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