Gold Crown Claims

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047480
MRDS ID M242836
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown Claims
Alternate or previous names Gold Crown Mine?, NBMG Sample Site 2949

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94404, 41.02211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1425

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barrett Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 036E 04 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW END OF TEN MILE HILLS; ACCESSIBLE BY POOR ROADS FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2949 FROM DUMP MATERIAL (SULFIDE-BEARING) CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 3 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 15 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 20 PPM BI, 7000 PPM CU, 5000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 7000 PPM ZN, 10 PPM ZR, AND 1.1 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94404, 41.02211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N (SHEAR)
    Dip 65E (SHEAR)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ten Mile District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE SHAFT AND DUMP WITH SEVERAL SMALLER WORKINGS AND SEVERAL EXTENSIVE PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ONE SHAFT ACCOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE ORE, AND ITS SIZE INDICATES PROBABLE PAST PRODUCTION. REPORTED TO BE ACTIVE SINCE THE 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 9 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I, PT. II, P. 110.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS MINED MINERALIZED VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE WITH SULFIDES AND IRON OXIDES. 4-FT WIDE OXIDIZED SHEAR ZONE EXPOSED IN ONE PIT.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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.