The Crown Point is a molybdenum and copper mine located in Chelan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Crown Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crown Point
Secondary: Aurelia Crown
Secondary: Crown Power;
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Railroad Creek
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: 1897
Year Last Production: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF THE CIRQUE BASIN SOUTHWEST OF HART LAKE AT THE HEAD OF RAILROAD CREEK
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ VEIN OCCURS IN LABRADORITE GRANODIORITE OF THE EARLY MIOCENE CLOUDY PASS PLUTON (CATER AND CROWDER, 1967, GEOL. MAP).
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W., CROWDER, D.F., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOLDEN QUADRANGLE, SNOHOMISH AND CHELAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-646, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62500.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON:WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 63 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.
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