The Gold Crown is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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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
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Gold Crown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Crown
Secondary: Wonder
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
District: Alleghany District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Melones Fault Zone
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonate
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT DETECTED IN GOLD SAMPLES TO AS MUCH AS 60.7 PPM (AVERAGE 19.1 PPM)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO OTHER SMALL VEINS ON PROPERTY STRIKE N20W, DIP 45-60SW, AND N22W, DIP 50 SW. BOTH CONTAIN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF CALCITE AND SIDERITE. ORE SHOOTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONATE WALLROCK ALTERATION
Comment (Workings): 104 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL ADITS
Comment (Geology): SCHIST WAS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM TUFF. SCHIST AND TUFF ARE INTERBEDDED.
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE FROM 1922-1959
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W.C., OESTERLING, W.A., SPURCK, W.H., AND TISCHLER, M.S., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, V. 2, P. 36.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., AND GANNETT, R.W., 1932, GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SRUVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 172, P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): J.K. BOHLKE, 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN. TO N.J PAGE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Reference (Production): MCCULLOCH AND OTHERS (1964)
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