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Silver Crown Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048257
MRDS ID M800375
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Crown Mine
Related records 10210517

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59936, 34.31672 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES EAST NORTHEAST FROM THE TOP OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, Lat/Long From Usgs Pp 1200-Az, Lat/Long From Usgs Pp 1200-Az, Lat/Long From Usgs Pp 1200-Az

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 003W 08 NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF SHAFT AT THE END OF THE DIRT ROAD IN NORTHWEST OF SECTION 8. 24 MILES ENE OF MCMAHON SHAFT OF ZONIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59936, 34.31672
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N 40 E To N 50 E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation Or Cross-Cut It At A Slight Angle

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 35.05M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Walnut Grove District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oro Lino Inc
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clara M. Stoddard; C. D. And Vera Ridell
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 126.49M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 35.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST TWO OR MORE SHAFTS AND SEVERAL ADITS

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COMPRISES 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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