| Deposit ID | 10046785 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241993 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crescent Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.73621, 37.76911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 5.7 AIRMILES N 80 W OF TOWN OF SILVER PEAK, 150 M |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ralston-Stone Cabin 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 002S | 038E | 14 | NW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | REMAINING ORE ASSAYED AN AVERAGE OF $12-$13/TON ABOUT 1906. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Wyman Formation |
| Rock description | Wyman |
| (1) | -117.73621, 37.76911 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N To Ne-Trending Post-Ore Faults |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | GENERALLY ENE |
| Dip | SE, GENTLY |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Peak District (1865) |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241993 |
SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 55
SPURR, 1900, P. 63.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ZONE OF ALIGNED QUARTZ LENSES WITH A CRESCENT-SHAPED OUTCROP AROUND THE EDGE OF A SMALL HILL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-81 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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