Crown Point Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Sulfur
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037253
MRDS ID M031214
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Mine
Alternate or previous names Munter, Hobson
Related records 10126108

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55978, 39.90186 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BALD MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
24N 57E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Stibnite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55978, 39.90186

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Verticle Fissure, N60w

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • AG ORE OCCURS IN SMALL POCKETS, IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH WIDTH OF 20 FEET. IN PLACES THE PORPHYRY DIKE FORMS ORE WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marich, George
    First year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EDMOND F., 1963 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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