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Crystal

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030866
MRDS ID M009332
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal
Alternate or previous names Penobscott

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20377, 37.67492 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 3 MI. S OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO CABINET & LOOKOUT MINES. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.20377, 37.67492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRYSTAL VEIN INTERSECTS TWO PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS (CABINET & LOOKOUT) CRYSTAL VEIN CONTAINS SMALL BLEBS OF CINNEBAR, HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mariposa

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralph E. And Libbie N. Dailey

Comments on the production information

  • QUICKSILVER WAS NEVER RECOVERED IN COMMERCIAL AMOUNTS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 254 , 328 .

  • Deposit

    JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , MAP FACIN P. 103 .

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. EC. MIN. MAP OF CALIF. NO. 1 - QUICKSILVER, 1939; ADD. REF.: DOM BULL. 108, PL. 10 SHOWS CRYSTAL IN SECS. 15, 16, 21 - SAME LOC. APPARENTLY AS THE CABINET; WORKINGS SHOWN IN SECS.15 & 21 ON COULTERVILLE QUAD. PROBABLY THIS MINE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 17.19 ACRES ( BOWEN & GRAY, 1957 ).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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