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Crown Point

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028159
MRDS ID M004996
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point
Alternate or previous names Drytown Cons.
Related records 10187321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85546, 38.44323 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG DRY CREEK, NEAR OR AT DRYTOWN. SE COR. 22, SW COR. 23

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010E 22,23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85546, 38.44323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John M. And Emma Fontenrose
    First year 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO 130 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG, VOL. 50 , P.

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 116

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 188 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF THE DRYTOWN CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS WHICH CONSTITUTES 3 INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS: BONAZA, OLIVE, CROWN POINT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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