The Crescent Canyon Deposit is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,671 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,671 Feet (2,338 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.68472, -117.81472
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Crescent Canyon Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent Canyon Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Alpine (Clane Alpine, 1864) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fold Axes Strike N 20-27w, Dip 66 Ne; N-Trending Faults; Wnw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication, Skarn Furmation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 700 PPM W IN ONESAMPLE
Materials
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): HIGH ON WEST SIDE OF CLAN ALPINE RANGE, BUT ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EAST BY A ROAD UP CRESCENT(BYERS) CANYON ON WEST SLOPE ON MT GRANT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL 83
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.
