The Crystal is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.675, -120.20278
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Crystal MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal
Secondary: Penobscott
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ralph E. And Libbie N. Dailey
Production
Not available
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: PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO CABINET & LOOKOUT MINES. UTM EST.
Comment (Production): QUICKSILVER WAS NEVER RECOVERED IN COMMERCIAL AMOUNTS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA WAS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CRYSTAL VEIN INTERSECTS TWO PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS (CABINET & LOOKOUT) CRYSTAL VEIN CONTAINS SMALL BLEBS OF CINNEBAR, HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED PROPERTY OF 17.19 ACRES ( BOWEN & GRAY, 1957 ).
References
Reference (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 , 328 .
Reference (Deposit): JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , MAP FACIN P. 103 .
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. EC. MIN. MAP OF CALIF. NO. 1 - QUICKSILVER, 1939; ADD. REF.: DOM BULL. 108, PL. 10 SHOWS CRYSTAL IN SECS. 15, 16, 21 - SAME LOC. APPARENTLY AS THE CABINET; WORKINGS SHOWN IN SECS.15 & 21 ON COULTERVILLE QUAD. PROBABLY THIS MINE.
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