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Crystal Hill Deposits

Occurrence in Lassen county in California, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030766
MRDS ID M009148
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Hill Deposits
Related records 10139420

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.01158, 39.85406 (WGS84)
Relative position HIGHWAY 395 N. FROM HALLELUJAH JUNCTION 7.5 MILES, E ON DIRT ROAD 1.6 MI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beckwourth Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 018E 18,19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RARE SCEPTER CRYSTAL FOUND HERE AS WELL AS SOME SMOKY AND AMETHYST CRYSTALS. CRYSTALS CAN BE FOUND ON TOP OF THE GROUND AND DIGGING WILL TURN UP SOME ALMOST ANYWHERE. BEST AREA SEEMS TO BE ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE MOUNTAIN, SOUTH OF THE PARKING AREA, BUT THEY ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE HILL IN AT LEAST A HALF MILE SQUARE. AREA HAS BEEN WORKED BY ROCK COLLECTORS FOR A LONG TIME BUT IS NOW WORKED OUT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEMS & MINERALS, SEPT. 1966, P. 16-19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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