Gold Crown Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Iron
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010740
MRDS ID D004678
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Crown Extension Mine, Gold Bar
Related records 10154017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10441, 38.34774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 011W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitization, Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Toroweap Formation;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff
    Rock description Toroweap Formation;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Arcturus Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range-Ne Trending Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 203M
    Width 101.5M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins In Favorable Carbonate Strata

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Dodson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTURBED SURFACE AREA = 40 ACRES

Comments on development

  • SPURATIC PROD. 1910-1926

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S
Deposit SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS: DUMP ASSAY: (1968) AG=TR., PB 1298 PPM, CU 916 PPM, ZN 1657 PPM, MN 7300 PPM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references