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Crown Peak

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030890
MRDS ID M009366
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.1571, 37.63214 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 6 MI. SSE 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 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOP OF STEEP RIDGE THAT RISES FROM E. BANK OF MERCED RIVER. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.1571, 37.63214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 65 NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE FOOTWALL, SLATE HANGING WALLS. 2 QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR AT CONTACT VARYING FROM 6 - 8 FT. THICK. THE ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF A DIKE LIKE INTRUSION OF SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coulterville

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crown Peak Mining Co. Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED JOINTLY WITH CROWN LEAD AND RED BANK OR STEVENSON GROUP MINES AT VARIOUS TIMES. THE SHAFT AND ADJOINING WORKINGS ARE CAVED.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1914, A 45-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A 50-FT. OPEN CUT.

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 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 10 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS
Deposit PATENTED FRACTIONAL CLAIM OF 13 ACRES ADJOINING CROWN LEAD MINE ON THE SE. (CROWN LEAD IS NW OF CROWN PEAK CLAIM)

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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