Gold Crown Mine

The Gold Crown Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,420 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: Gold Crown Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

Elevation: 5,420 Feet (1,652 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.34778, -113.10361

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Gold Crown Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Crown Mine
Secondary: Gold Crown Extension Mine
Secondary: Gold Bar


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star


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

Owner Name: Mark Dodson


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR VEINS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition

Type: L
Description: Star Range-Ne Trending Fissures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinitization, Marbleization


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Development): SPURATIC PROD. 1910-1926

Comment (Deposit): SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS: DUMP ASSAY: (1968) AG=TR., PB 1298 PPM, CU 916 PPM, ZN 1657 PPM, MN 7300 PPM

Comment (Workings): DISTURBED SURFACE AREA = 40 ACRES

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 29.


References

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22

Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.

Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46


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