The Crown Point is a copper and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53306, -112.15278
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Crown Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crown Point
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Fissures (N 40 W), Fissures (Ne - Sw; Nw - Se)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized To 20 Ft Below Surface
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Workings): A 200 FT INCLINE AT 35-40 DEG WITH 3 LEVELS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS AND STOPES AND A 100 FT TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): A SILL LIKE INTRUSIVE IS EXPOSED IN THE INCLINE. THE MINERALIZED VEIN, A BED OF MASSIVE PYRITE (LOW CU, AU VALUES) 3-4 FT THICK, LIES BETWEEN A QUARTZITE FOOTWALL AND A CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE HANGING WALL. THE SILL LIES ABOVE BUT NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE ORE. THE ORE BODY IS TRUNCATED ON THE WEST BY A NW FAULT AND PINCHES OUT TO THE EAST.
Comment (Location): MINE IS PROBABLY DUG UP BY THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 275
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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