Nenzel Crown Point Mines

The Nenzel Crown Point Mines is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nenzel Crown Point Mines

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
Discovery Year: 1911
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Normal Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): WORK BEGAN IN 1912. IN JANUARY 1913, NENZEL INCORPORATED THE NENZEL GOWD POINT CO. TO TAKE OVER THE CLAIMS. NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS IN THE AREA-I.E. BIG CHIEF, COMPRESSOR, ZERO, AND VEIN NO 10.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT, AN ADIT DRIVEN TO THE SHAFT, AND A CROSSCUT DRIVEN WESTWARD 1200 FT.

Comment (Geology): SEVERAL VEINS IN THE AREA MOST OF THEM INTERSECTED BY THE CROSSCUT. THE MOST IMPORTANT VEINS WERE CALLED THE BIG CHIEF, COMPRESSOR, ZERO, AND VEIN NO. 10, AND NO. 5. THE MORE COMPACT QUARTZ CARRIED SOME ZINCBLENDE & COVELLITE.

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1911 BY JOSEPH NENZEL. WORK BEGAN ON THE CLAIMS IN 1912. IN JANUARY 1913, NENZEL INCORPORATED THE NENZEL CROWN POINT CO. TO TAKE OVER THE CLAIMS. DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT, AN ADIT DRIVEN TO THE SHAFT. AND A CROSSCUT DRIVEN WESTWARD 1200 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A, 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL.762

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1914, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL.580

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1973, ROCHESTER, & HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, V.4

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE DISTRICT.

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.