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Eldorado Crown Mining Co.

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103559
MRDS ID M031034
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Crown Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Crown Queen Group
Related records 10294375

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.78526, 35.70417 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2.5 MILES E OF NELSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026S 064E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.78526, 35.70417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 50 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • FIVE FOOT WIDE QUARTZ VEIN HOLDS ORE. AU AND AG OCCUR IN A NETWORK OF SMALL STRINGERS IN A WELL DEFINED ZONE IN SHATTERED COUNTRY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eldorado

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BEFORE 1907 REPORTED AT $450,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1609.34M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 32 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, C. R., ETAL 1965 , P. 181 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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