The Crescent Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.62333, -115.42500
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Crescent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pahranagat 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1867 ORE MILLED AT $80/TON, 1868 50 TONS YIELDED $1,920 IN SILVER.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ALAMEDA AND CRESCENT MINING CO. HAD EXTRACTED ABOUT $20000 WORTH OF BULLION TO JULY, 1868
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN
Comment (Geology): NOTHING IS KNOWN ABOUT THE GEOLOGY AT THIS PROSPECT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115
Reference (Deposit): BROWNE, J.R., 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867, P. 339-340
Reference (Deposit): TSCHAUTZ, C.M. J PAUPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITESOF LINCOLN CO. NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, PG. 155.
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.
