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Crystal Lake

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086471
MRDS ID X024203
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Lake
Alternate or previous names May Lundy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25819, 38.00186 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position SE SUMMIT MT. SCOWDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunderberg Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono 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)

Hoover Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002N 025E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CON. CARRY 4 OZ. AU/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25819, 38.00186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW (VEIN EXPOSED IN WORKINGS OVER A HORIZONTAL LENGTH OF 3,040 FT (927M) ACCORDING TO ZILKA AND LESZCYKOWSKI,1981). (VEIN EXPOSED IN WORKINGS OVER A HORIZONTAL LENGTH OF 3,040 FT (927M) ACCORDING TO ZILKA AND LESZCYKOWSKI,1981).
    Dip 45 - 50 SW (VEIN EXPOSED DOWNDIP FOR 2,100 FT (640M) IN THE WORKINGS ACCORDING TO ZILKA AND LESZCYKOWSKI). (VEIN EXPOSED DOWNDIP FOR 2,100 FT (640M) IN THE WORKINGS ACCORDING TO ZILKA AND LESZCYKOWSKI).
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PREVIOUS TO 1888, TOTAL PRODUCTION EXT. BY U.S.G.S. $876,000; U.S. BUR. MINES(UNPUBL. DATA OF N.T. ZILKA AND A.M. LEXZCYKOWSKI,1981) CONCLUDED PRODUCTION WAS $2.8 MILLION BETWEEN 1870 AND 1938. ALL OTHER RECORDS DESTROYED IN FIRE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TUNNELS, ONE CROSSCUT 4000 FT. LONG INTERSECTING MAY LUNDY VEIN 1500 FT. BELOW OUTCROP W/A DRIFT ON THE VEIN 1800 FT. TO THE NORTH. SHAFTS, WINZES. MILL. CROSSCUT BEING REHABILITATED IN 1980 BY MINERALS MANAGEMENT INC., TO BE USED AS HAULAGE WAY FOR ORE REMAINING IN UPPER LEVELS. CROSSCUT BEING REHABILITATED IN 1980 BY MINERALS MANAGEMENT INC., TO BE USED AS HAULAGE WAY FOR ORE REMAINING IN UPPER LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , 23RD REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 385 - 386 .

  • 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. 128 - 129 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 170 - 171 .

  • Deposit

    ZILKA,N.T., AND LESZCYKOWSKI,A.M.,1981, UNPUB. DATA IN FILES OF U.S.BUR.MINES.

  • Production

    TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, MAY LUNDY AND WEST ; THE MAY LUNDY IS THE LARGEST KNOWN. (AVERAGE WIDTH 30 INCHES ACCORDING TO ZILKA AND LESZCYKOWSKI, 1981).
Deposit 20 CLAIMS ; 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

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