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Gold Crown

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101181
MRDS ID C010549
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown
Related records 10211856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56845, 37.6955 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 1.5 MI. NW KINGS MILL SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 031E 08,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE CORNOR 8 , NW CORNOR 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE VALUES REPORTED TO VARY FROM $2 - $30

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56845, 37.6955
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ IS BRECCIATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, ONE 120 FT. IN LENGTH. SHAFT SUNK TO DEPTH OF 45 FT. NEAR PORTAL. 70 FT. TUNNEL W/20 FT. WINZE; 40 FT. BELOW THIS IS A 300 FT. TUNNEL. 200 FT. FROM PORTAL THERE IS A 78 FT. WINZE W/A DRIFT AT BOTTOM. 30 FT. CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 123 .

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D. AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 10 - 20 FT. THICK
Deposit 1 1/2 CLAIMS. TUKER AND SAMPSON ( 1940 ) LOCATE MINE IN SEC. 8 . RINEHART & ROSS ( 1956 ) LOCATE MINE IN SEC. 16 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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