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Crescent Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047248
MRDS ID M242519
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42586, 37.62329 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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

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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 058E 11,12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1867 ORE MILLED AT $80/TON, 1868 50 TONS YIELDED $1,920 IN SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42586, 37.62329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 75 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOTHING IS KNOWN ABOUT THE GEOLOGY AT THIS PROSPECT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1867

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ALAMEDA AND CRESCENT MINING CO. HAD EXTRACTED ABOUT $20000 WORTH OF BULLION TO JULY, 1868

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHAUTZ, C.M. J PAUPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITESOF LINCOLN CO. NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, PG. 155.

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R., 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867, P. 339-340

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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