Crescent Mine

The Crescent Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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

Name: Crescent Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.76917, -117.73528

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Crescent Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crescent Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)


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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: N To Ne-Trending Post-Ore Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REMAINING ORE ASSAYED AN AVERAGE OF $12-$13/TON ABOUT 1906.


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): IT WAS WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1887 TO 1893

Comment (Deposit): ZONE OF ALIGNED QUARTZ LENSES WITH A CRESCENT-SHAPED OUTCROP AROUND THE EDGE OF A SMALL HILL

Comment (Workings): SHORT TUNNEL, SHALLOW SHAFT

Comment (Location): NORTH OF THE ROAD, ABOUT 0.4 MILE NW OF COYOTE SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Production): SPURR, 1900, P. 63.

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 55


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.