| 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: | -117.94404, 41.02211 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1425 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 036N | 036E | 04 | SW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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). |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| (1) | -117.94404, 41.02211 |
|---|
| Strike | N (SHEAR) |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65E (SHEAR) |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ten Mile District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242836 |
QUADE, JACK, 9 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I, PT. II, P. 110.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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