| 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: | -113.10441, 38.34774 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1652 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES SW OF MILFORD |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 011W | 29 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Arcturus Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Star Range-Ne Trending Fissures |
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1872 |
| District name | Star |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mark Dodson |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004678 |
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
BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.
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
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22
1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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