Crescent Mine

The Crescent Mine is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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: Crescent Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.08861, -114.39278

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Crescent Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crescent Mine
Secondary: Part of Gold Exchange Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola


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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Many Vertical To Steep Fault Planes With Little Displacement


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN FISSURE VEINS OF VARYING WIDTH AND IS ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE BEDS OF FINELY SHATTERED QUARTZITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B. 1908, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO. NEV, NEV. GEO. BULL. 340

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 335; CLIPPING FROM THE MINING RECORD, 1926, MENTIONS THE CRESCENT MINE.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85.

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.