| Deposit ID | 10143409 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081190198 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Coin |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Coin Shaft |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.14137, 38.71171 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2956 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Teller(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cripple Creek South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Teller |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -105.14137, 38.71171 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cripple Creek |
|---|---|
| District name | Victor |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | GRANITE GOLD MINING CO |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081190198 |
MINE MAP REPO # 400286 400338 & OTHERS
Smith, D.A., 1977, Colorado Mining--A Photographic History: Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 176 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | "The Gold Coin Mine illustrates what all owners hoped their property would become. According to story, the vein was found during excaation of the site for a Victor hotel." (Smith, 1977, p. 125) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 05-JAN-12 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.