The Monte Cristo is a gold and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 9,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.60361, -118.99278
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Monte Cristo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Mammoth Lakes
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1939 - 1941
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, MONTECELLO, MONTE CHRISTO AND HEADLIGHT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NW 1/4 NE 1/4 16
Comment (Production): ORE MINED FROM RAISES IN 1939 - 1941 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 1540 FT. LONG, RAISE INCLINED TO NW IS 1500 FT. FROM PORTAL AND UP 150 FT. 2 ADDITIONAL EXPLORATORY RAISES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CROSSCUT INTERSECTS SHEAR ZONE, MINOR BRECCIA ZONES AND ANASTOMOSING QTZ. VEINLETS
References
Reference (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. 129 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1964 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. MORRISON QUADRANGLE, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 385 , P. 98 - 99 .
Reference (Production): RINEHART & ROSS ( 1964 )
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