The Gold Crown Lone is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold Crown Lone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Crown Lone
Secondary: Gold Circle Crown Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Circle
Land Status
Not available
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
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N67w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN FILLS A ZONE OF CRUSHED RHYOLITE
Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF SHAFT, PITS, ADITS
Comment (Geology): THE ORE VEIN FILLS A ZONE OF CRUSHED RHYOLITE UP TO 25 FT. WIDE AND THE LODE EXTENDS AT LEAST 3,000 FT. ALONG STRIKE. THE OXIDIZED ORE EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 110 FT. BELOW WHICH THE SULPHIDES ARE ENCOUNTED. SMALL BODIES OF RICH ORE FROM 1610" WIDE ARE FOUND HERE AND THERE ALONG THE FISSURE (EMMONS, 1910)
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED BETWEEN THE REX AND MIDAS MINES. THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A NUMBER OF SHAFTS, PITS, AND ADITS FOR 3000 FT. ALONG STRIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, EUREKA, AND LANDER CO. NEV., USGS. BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): ROTT E. H. (1931) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE DISTRICT., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 12
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 54
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.
