Nenzel Crown Point Mines

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044134
MRDS ID M231479
Record type Site
Current site name Nenzel Crown Point Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14625, 40.28629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position EAST SIDE NENZEL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 034E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL VEINS IN THE AREA MOST OF THEM INTERSECTED BY THE CROSSCUT. THE MOST IMPORTANT VEINS WERE CALLED THE BIG CHIEF, COMPRESSOR, ZERO, AND VEIN NO. 10, AND NO. 5. THE MORE COMPACT QUARTZ CARRIED SOME ZINCBLENDE & COVELLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer Joseph Nenzel

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT, AN ADIT DRIVEN TO THE SHAFT, AND A CROSSCUT DRIVEN WESTWARD 1200 FT.

Comments on development

  • WORK BEGAN IN 1912. IN JANUARY 1913, NENZEL INCORPORATED THE NENZEL GOWD POINT CO. TO TAKE OVER THE CLAIMS. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A, 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL.762

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1914, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL.580

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1973, ROCHESTER, & HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, V.4

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE DISTRICT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS IN THE AREA-I.E. BIG CHIEF, COMPRESSOR, ZERO, AND VEIN NO 10.
Deposit LOCATED IN 1911 BY JOSEPH NENZEL. WORK BEGAN ON THE CLAIMS IN 1912. IN JANUARY 1913, NENZEL INCORPORATED THE NENZEL CROWN POINT CO. TO TAKE OVER THE CLAIMS. DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT, AN ADIT DRIVEN TO THE SHAFT. AND A CROSSCUT DRIVEN WESTWARD 1200 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.