Crown Point Extension Claim

The Crown Point Extension Claim is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 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: Crown Point Extension Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.61778, -117.03333

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Crown Point Extension Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crown Point Extension Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu-Mo


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults; Pebble Dikes


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Yes


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): 2000 FT. NE OF THE CONTENTION MINE

Comment (Production): IT IS REPORTED THAT SMALL COPPER BODIES WERE MINED FROM SURFACE PITS.

Comment (Deposit): ZONE OF SECONDARY COPPER ENRICHMENT

Comment (Workings): PITS, ADIT

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF CAVED PTIS AND A 105-FT. ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965; ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 88

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C. 1965


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.