| Deposit ID | 10043914 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231216 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crown Point Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.666, 39.29573 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | AT GOLD HILL NEVADA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Storey(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Storey |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | P17N | 021E | 31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| Rock unit name | Alta Andesite | ||
| Rock description | Alta Andesite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -119.666, 39.29573 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Regional Dip To West And Northwest |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 304.8M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1859 |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| District name | Comstock Lode |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231216 |
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950 MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NVMG BULL. 49
BONHAM, H.F, 1969 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70
W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT
BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEV; USGS, BULL 735-C, P. 41-63.
STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN, SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT ABOVE 500 FEET |
| Deposit | AFTER SOME PRODUCTION AT THE UPPER LEVELS, A BIG BONANZA WAS DISCOVERED AT THE CROWN POINT MINE IN 1871. THE TOP OF THIS NEW ORE BODY, FOUND AT THE 1000-FT LEVEL, COVED A RESURGENCE OF ACTIVITY ALL OVER THE COMSTOCK. THIS BONANZA LIES WHOLLY WITHIN THE MAIN COMSTOCK LODE. ORIGINAL CLAIM WAS STAKED IN 1859 TOTAL PRODUCTION 1864 TO 1939 WAS 1,404,040 TONS ORE WITH AVERAGE VALUE OF $25.19/PER TON. CURRENT OPEN-PIT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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