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Crown Point

Past Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055838
MRDS ID SP00040
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point
Alternate or previous names Aurelia Crown, Crown Power;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.89731, 48.20176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Suiattle Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 016E 8 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF THE CIRQUE BASIN SOUTHWEST OF HART LAKE AT THE HEAD OF RAILROAD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.89731, 48.20176
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Molybdenite Occurs As Large Crystals In A Flat-Lying Quartz Vein Which Rages From 3 In. To 3 Ft. Thick (Huntting, 1956, P. 268)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZ VEIN OCCURS IN LABRADORITE GRANODIORITE OF THE EARLY MIOCENE CLOUDY PASS PLUTON (CATER AND CROWDER, 1967, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1902
Production years 1897-1902

Mining district

District name Railroad Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18.

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W., CROWDER, D.F., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOLDEN QUADRANGLE, SNOHOMISH AND CHELAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-646, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62500.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON:WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 63 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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

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