The Crystal Lake is a gold and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 10,000 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: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.00194, -119.25722
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Crystal Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Lake
Secondary: May Lundy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Mono
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE CON. CARRY 4 OZ. AU/TON
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. N 1/2 S 1/2
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, MAY LUNDY AND WEST ; THE MAY LUNDY IS THE LARGEST KNOWN. (AVERAGE WIDTH 30 INCHES ACCORDING TO ZILKA AND LESZCYKOWSKI, 1981).
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Deposit): 20 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , 23RD REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 385 - 386 .
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. 128 - 129 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Deposit): EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 170 - 171 .
Reference (Deposit): ZILKA,N.T., AND LESZCYKOWSKI,A.M.,1981, UNPUB. DATA IN FILES OF U.S.BUR.MINES.
Reference (Production): TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) GOODWIN ( 1957 )
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