Mine detail: Crown Point

Previously called 'Aurelia CrownCrown Power'

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Location: Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.19621, -120.89426
dep_id: 10008469
mrds_id: D000648
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED IN VEIN
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Silica Flooding
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., King, Robert U.
hrock_unit: Cloudy Pass Pluton
hrock_type: Diorite
Structure: Faults
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
Year first produced: 1897
disc_yr: 1897
prod_yrs: 1897-1902, LATER INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
References:
  • Deposit:: PURDY, C.P. JR.,, 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 18, P. 23-25.
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 268.
  • Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 11.
  • Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1982, SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY DATA FOR THE GLACEIR PEAK WILDERNESS, CHELAN, SNOHOMISH, AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-408, P. 25-26.
  • Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 89-82, P. 16.
  • Deposit:: CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANNIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.
  • Reserve-Resource:: STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1982
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