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Crown Point Extension Claim

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044011
MRDS ID M231326
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Extension Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03427, 40.61768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 6 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 044E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT. NE OF THE CONTENTION MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Yes

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03427, 40.61768
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Dewitt Thrust Fault
Local Ne-Trending Faults; Pebble Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS REPORTED THAT SMALL COPPER BODIES WERE MINED FROM SURFACE PITS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, ADIT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231326

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • 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

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C. 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF SECONDARY COPPER ENRICHMENT
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF CAVED PTIS AND A 105-FT. ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey