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Crow Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046879
MRDS ID M242104
Record type Site
Current site name Crow Group
Alternate or previous names Red, Fox, Top, Crow Claims, Travertine Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00281, 36.83636 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 95(?)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cane Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S 053E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00281, 36.83636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wahmonie District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dane, Walter
    Home office Las Vegas
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Beam, Frank
    Home office Tonopah, Nv
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall width 2.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS ON VEIN

Comments on development

  • MOSTLY LOCATION WORK DONE IN 1947 AND 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG, MINING DISTRICT OPEN-FILES; FILE 259, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 207.

  • Deposit

    NORBERG, J., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS A.F.B., ETC.; USBM REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 4-5 FT ZONE OF TRAVERTINE IS EXPOSED BY SEVERAL OPEN CUTS OR TRENCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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