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Golden Crown Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10078739
MRDS ID W027335
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Crown Mine
Related records 10120481

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43956, 42.85878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 18 MI SE OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pixley Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 001W 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF CASTLE CR; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite
    Rock description Silver City Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43956, 42.85878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don Scott

Comments on the production information

  • $40,000 OF AU ORE REPORTED PRODUCED IN 1905.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1967 , GOLDEN CROWN MINE: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Production

    GREEN, W. R., 1967 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL HUNDRED FT IN LENGTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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