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Crown Point Mine

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103226
MRDS ID M022391
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Mine
Related records 10189424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37723, 32.78563 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 TO 7 1/2 MILES N-NW OF LIVE OAK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Laguna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood-Tijuana(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016S 006E 08,09,17 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 8, SW 1/4 SEC. 9, E 1/2 SEC. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHEAR ZONE IS ABOUT 2500 FT. WEST-NW OF SIMILAR ZONE DEVELOPED BY THE METAL MTN. MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Metal Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL OUTPUT WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITH TOTAL FOR METAL MTN. MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 GROUPS OF SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO CO., CA.; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPT. 3, P. 276

  • Production

    WEBER, H.F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS VEINS
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED END TO END NE TO NNE TRENDING CLAIMS. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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