Crown Point Claim

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027359
MRDS ID M002957
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Claim
Alternate or previous names Crown Point No. 6 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98653, 33.3923 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Relative position W SIDE OF PINTO CREEK, 1/2 MI N OF CARLOTTA MINE SHAFT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 013E 25,36 SE4 OF SE4 (25) OF NE4 OF NE4 (36) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98653, 33.3923

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Plate With Pinal Schist Overlying Diabase & Whitetail Conglomerate (Post 32 M.Y.)

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 50SE
    Length 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Fractures In Diabase

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME CERUSSITE SURROUNDS SMALL KERNELS OF GALENA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 129.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002957 WITH RECORD M030510 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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