The Crown Lead 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: 37.63833, -120.16667
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Crown Lead MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crown Lead
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Coulterville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Joseph And Emilie Kopf
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED PROPERTY. CLAIM EXTENDS FOR MORE THAN 5500 FT. ALONG A BRANCH OF THE MOTHER LODE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 3 TO 10 FT. THICK ON CONTACT BETWEEN A SERPENTINE INTRUSION AND SLATE OF THE UPPER JUR MARIPOSA FM.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 26 ; NE CORNER 35 ; NW 1/4 36 . UTM EST.
Comment (Production): OPERATED AT VARIOUS TIMES IN CONJUNTION WITH THE CROWN PEAK AND RED BANK OR STEVENSON GROUP OF CLAIMS. HAS A LONG RECORD OF INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY BUT ONLY A SMALL RECORD OF PRODUCTION. IDLE.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): 50 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH NOW CAVED.
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. 253
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , PL. 10 (LOC.).
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