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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About the MRDS Data:

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: Crown Point Claim

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 3,550 Feet (1,082 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 33.39222, -110.98583

Satelite image of the Crown Point Claim

Crown Point Claim MRDS details

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
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

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

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

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

Alterations

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

Materials

Ore: Wulfenite

Ore: Vanadinite

Ore: Galena

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type: Geology	Comment: SOME CERUSSITE SURROUNDS SMALL KERNELS OF GALENA
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: ABM FILE DATA.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 129.