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Crescent Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045374
MRDS ID M233085
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Canyon Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81567, 39.68463 (WGS84)
Elevation 2338

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 037E 16 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH ON WEST SIDE OF CLAN ALPINE RANGE, BUT ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EAST BY A ROAD UP CRESCENT(BYERS) CANYON ON WEST SLOPE ON MT GRANT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication, Skarn Furmation

Analytical data

Result 700 PPM W IN ONESAMPLE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Star Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81567, 39.68463
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold Axes Strike N 20-27w, Dip 66 Ne; N-Trending Faults; Wnw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Skarn Development At Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alpine (Clane Alpine, 1864) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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