Golden Crown Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044485
MRDS ID M231930
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Crown Group
Alternate or previous names Eden Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41006, 37.96356 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES W-SW OF THE EDEN CREEK RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kawich Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 050E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Eden District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. B. Fallini

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT ADIT, A 1700 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    BALL, SH, 1906, NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS OF SW NEVADA AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 285, P. 110-111.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF S. NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-80 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.