Crown Point Mine

The Crown Point Mine is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Crown Point Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.90194, -115.55889

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.