Crown Point Mine

Past Producer in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014374
MRDS ID D011118
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim 1898: Crown Point
Related records 10248063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.47142, 35.76533 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position ABOUT 32.4 MILES N 8 E OF BERNALILLO, N.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018N 004E 25 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR MIDPOINT BETWEEN THE TWO PORTALS OF THE ADITS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.47142, 35.76533

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: VEINS
    Strike N 10 TO 20 W
    Dip 50 TO 70 W
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Numerous Faults And Brecciated Openings

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCK NEAR THE MINE HAS BEEN HIGHLY ALTERED AND IS BLEACHED TO A NEARLY WHITE COLOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Discoverer Crown Point Mining Co., Albemarle, Nm.
Year of first production 1893
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Cochiti District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. J. J. Depreslin (Also Known As Sandoval Gold Mining Co.)
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M .
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miss Effie Jenks
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • LINDGREN (1910) REPORTS TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1893 TO 1902 AS $50,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPENCUT, A CROSSCUT TUNNEL, A 250-FOOT WINZE, AND 1000 FEET OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 150-162

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 59, P. 13-16

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.S., R.L. SMITH AND R.A. BAILEY, 1961, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139-144

  • Deposit

    BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 131-139

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 17-22

  • Deposit

    KUDO, A.M., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 283-287

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS LOCATED IN AN AREA OF ANDESITE FLOWS CUT BY NUMEROUS ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES. THE PATENTED CLAIM CROWN POINT IS M.S. NO. 943 AND PATENT NO. 29267.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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