Gold Crown Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037250
MRDS ID M031211
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Leaf
Related records 10232425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.62697, 39.7491 (WGS84)
Elevation 2570

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mattier Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 22N 65E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHELL BOURNE IN UPPER PART OF SIEGEL CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.62697, 39.7491

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Numerous Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure, N40w

Ore body information

  • General form THIN LENSES
    Strike N10-15W TO N40W
    Dip 40W TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURRED AS THIN LENSES PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, EAST OF THE FISSURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Simon Davis
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Aurum

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS COULD NOT BE ENTERED OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED IN 1913 AS THE SILVER LEAF. SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD CLIPPINGS, 1937, NBMG FILE 322.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F.,AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.

  • Production

    COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P.150.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURRED AS THIN LENSES PARALLEL TO BEDDING
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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