Crown Point

Plant in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155717
MRDS ID W017902
MAS/MILS ID 0530070038
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point
Alternate or previous names Crown Power, Aurelia Crown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.8954, 48.19812 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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
Willamette 031 N 016 E 08 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.8954, 48.19812

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 03W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Strike And Dip N45W:03W
    Date of Last Modification 940915

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry

Mining district

District name Railroad Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MIN & GEOL REPT INV 16,P 18.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DIV MINES AND GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 268.

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES UNPUBLISHED GLACIER PEAK REPORT ON FILE AT

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FIELD OFFICE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE SEQUENCE NO. 0530070559 QUARTZ CRYSTALS ALSO MENTIONED HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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