Crown Point Claim

The Crown Point Claim is a copper and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,550 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

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Site Name

Primary: Crown Point Claim
Secondary: Crown Point No. 6 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration 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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

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

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Plate With Pinal Schist Overlying Diabase & Whitetail Conglomerate (Post 32 M.Y.)

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): SOME CERUSSITE SURROUNDS SMALL KERNELS OF GALENA

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002957 WITH RECORD M030510 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 129.

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