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Crystal Mine

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040703
MRDS ID M055562
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Alternate or previous names Penobscott
Related records 10163357

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

  • LOCATION TO COMMON QUARTER CORNER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Bornite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite 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

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph E. And Libbie N. Dailey
    First year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR, AND GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG V. 53, NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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