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Crystal Lake Mine (Mount Hough Mine; Myton Mine; Kloppenberg Mine), Mount Hough, Plumas County, California, USAi
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Crystal Lake Mine (Mount Hough Mine; Myton Mine; Kloppenberg Mine)Mine
Mount HoughMountain
Plumas CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 2' 45'' North , 120° 53' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Taylorsville140 (2011)5.3km
Crescent Mills196 (2011)5.9km
Greenville1,129 (2011)11.7km
East Quincy2,489 (2011)12.4km
Quincy1,728 (2017)13.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
86125
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:86125:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former lode Fe-Mn-silica deposit/claim/mine located in sec. 8, T25N, R10E, MDM, 0.3 km (900 feet) WNW of Mount Hough, on National Forest land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 meters.

Mineralization is a tabular-shaped replacement deposit in a shear zone with breccia filling, hosted in metasedimentary rock. It strikes N45W and dips 65S, at 2 meters thick, and with a depth to top of 3 meters. It is 22 meters wide and 54 meters long. The primary mode of Origin was sedimentation and the secondary mode was oxidation. Primary ore control was bedding, secondary was lithology. No wall rock alteration.

Local rocks include Permian marine sedimentary rocks, unit 3 (Northeastern Sierra Nevada) and/or Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 6 (Northeastern Sierra Nevada).

Workings include underground openings.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘPyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘRhodonite9.DK.05CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Unclassified
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-
ⓘ'Wad'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
Oⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
SiSilicon
Siⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
CaCalcium
Caⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
MnManganese
Mnⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
Mnⓘ RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]

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Link to USGS MRDS:10140226

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