Crawford Mine

The Crawford Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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: Crawford Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 41.84056, -117.58083

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Crawford Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crawford Mine
Secondary: Crawford Tunnel


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National District


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): ADIT

Comment (Geology): 2 NARROW VEINS CONTAINING QUARTZ AND CALCITE WERE CUT BY THE ADIT

Comment (Deposit): 300-FT-LONG NW-TRENDING ADIT CUT INTO BASALT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): SW OF AND 40 FT. ABOVE EDMUNDS TUNNEL


References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601.


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.