Mine detail: Gold Crown Mine

Previously called 'Gold Crown Extension MineGold Bar'

Location:	Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.34774, -113.10441
dep_id:	10010740
mrds_id:	D004678
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral:	Manganese, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Anglesite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR VEINS
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Kaolinitization, Marbleization
conc_proc:	Fissure Veins In Carbonate Strata
ore_ctrl:	Fissure Veins In Favorable Carbonate Strata
Reporter:	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Toroweap Formation;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff
hrock_type:	Limestone
Structure:	Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range-Ne Trending Fissures
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline (Cordilleran)
Year first produced:	1872
disc_yr:	1875
References:	Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46 Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52. Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6 Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22 Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80 Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111 Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9 Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS. Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3 Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46 Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.