The Crystal Group is a mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.73222, -122.51861
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Crystal Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: West Shasta Copper-Zinc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL LENSES OF GOSSAN ARE PROMINENT
Comment (Workings): TWENTY-THREE CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PROSPECT OCCURS IN A FLOW OF PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE. FLOW SURROUNDED BY NONPORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE. MOST OF THE ROCKS ARE MASSIVE.
Comment (Commodity): PYRITE FOUND AS BANDS IN RHYOLITE, SILICIFIED RHYOLITE IN DUMP CONTAIN 50 % DISSEMINATED PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KINKEL, A. R., ET. AL., 1956 , GEOLOGY AND BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF., GEOL. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 285 , PG. 109
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