Crown Point Mine

The Crown Point Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Crown Point Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

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: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1859
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stephanite

Comments

Comment (Development): BIG BONANZA DISCOVERD HERE IN 1871. CURRENTLY PART OF HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS

Comment (Location): BETWEEN KENTUCK AND BELCHER CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT ABOVE 500 FEET

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, OPEN PIT.

Comment (Geology): MINE LIES WITHIN THE MAIN COMSTOCK LODE, AT SOUTH END.

Comment (Deposit): AFTER SOME PRODUCTION AT THE UPPER LEVELS, A BIG BONANZA WAS DISCOVERED AT THE CROWN POINT MINE IN 1871. THE TOP OF THIS NEW ORE BODY, FOUND AT THE 1000-FT LEVEL, COVED A RESURGENCE OF ACTIVITY ALL OVER THE COMSTOCK. THIS BONANZA LIES WHOLLY WITHIN THE MAIN COMSTOCK LODE. ORIGINAL CLAIM WAS STAKED IN 1859 TOTAL PRODUCTION 1864 TO 1939 WAS 1,404,040 TONS ORE WITH AVERAGE VALUE OF $25.19/PER TON. CURRENT OPEN-PIT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS

References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950 MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NVMG BULL. 49

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F, 1969 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70

Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEV; USGS, BULL 735-C, P. 41-63.

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

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.