The Crown Point Mine is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Crown Point Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crown Point Mine
Secondary: Munter
Secondary: Hobson
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Marich, George
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Verticle Fissure, N60w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Antimony
Comments
Comment (Geology): AG ORE OCCURS IN SMALL POCKETS, IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH WIDTH OF 20 FEET. IN PLACES THE PORPHYRY DIKE FORMS ORE WALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, EDMOND F., 1963 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
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.
