Gold Crown Group

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. 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 10047321
MRDS ID M242606
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown Group
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1489
Related records 10174711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.73793, 40.5135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 031N 029E 33 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1489 OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.3% CA, 0.3% TI, 50 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.73793, 40.5135

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30-40 E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stonehouse District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, CUTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 6 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDE FAULT ZONE IN FE-OXIDE STAINED VOLCANIC ROCK-APPEARS TO BE A DIKE CUTTING HORNFELS. CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ IN VEINS ON MARGINS OF DIKE, STRIKE N 30-40 E, VERTICAL. STRUCTURE IS PARALLEL TO THAT AT SITE 1488 TO SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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