The Nevada Crown Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Crown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Crown Mine
Secondary: Gold Crown
Secondary: Port and Sampson
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): COUNTRY ROCK IS CHLORITIZED AND SILICIFIED ANDESITC. THE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION RUNS NORTH-SOUTH AND IS PROBABLY THE SAME ZONE AS AT THE NEVADA FAIRVIEW MINE. MANY ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE PROPERTY, MOST OF THEM RUNNING HIGH IN SILVER AND GOLD AND CONTAINING MUCH FREE GOLD. THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT IS A 600-FT TUNNEL RUNNING N 35 DEG E AND A 250-FT SHAFT. SINCE PRE-TERTIARY SCHIST CROPS OUT NEAR THE MINE THE HOST ANDESITE IS CONCLUDED TO BE THIN. THERE MAY, HOWEVER BE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE PRE-TERTIARY ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947; NBMG FILES
Nevada Gold
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.
