The Gold Crown Mine is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,432 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,432 Feet (2,570 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.74917, -114.62611
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Gold Crown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Crown Mine
Secondary: Silver Leaf
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: THIN LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Numerous Faults
Type: L
Description: Fissure, N40w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROX 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHELL BOURNE IN UPPER PART OF SIEGEL CANYON
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS COULD NOT BE ENTERED OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURRED AS THIN LENSES PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, EAST OF THE FISSURE
Comment (Development): RELOCATED IN 1913 AS THE SILVER LEAF. SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1937.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURRED AS THIN LENSES PARALLEL TO BEDDING
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F.,AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.
Reference (Production): COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P.150.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD CLIPPINGS, 1937, NBMG FILE 322.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
