Mine detail: Crown Point

Previously called 'Aurelia CrownCrown Power'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.19621, -120.89426

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED IN VEIN
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1897-1902, LATER INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
First production started: 1897

Geology

Host rock:Cloudy Pass Pluton
Host type:Diorite
Structure:Faults
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Silica Flooding

References

MRDSD000648
DEP10008469
Reference{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., King, Robert U.