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Silver Coin Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
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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 10039488
MRDS ID M050156
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Coin Mine
Alternate or previous names Quinn
Related records 10137463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.27873, 32.8376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 3.1 MI DUE E OF KLONDYKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondyke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 020E 11 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALONG ADIT LEVEL, MOST OF VEIN IS LOW GRADE OR BARREN EXCEPT FOR S TREAKS FEW INCHES WIDE CONTAINING GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Thoroughly Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Diabase
    Rock description Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Buford Canyon Volcanics, Andesite Or Basalt Flows And Flow Brecci A, Possibly Corr. With Williamson Canyon Volcanics, Hyolite Dikes;Pinal Schist
    Rock description Buford Canyon Volcanics, Andesite Or Basalt Flows And Flow Brecci A, Possibly Corr. With Williamson Canyon Volcanics, Hyolite Dikes;Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E & Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N70e, May Be A Sw Extension Of Quartz Hill Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip STEEP E
    Length 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Biotite Quartz Latite Plug And Buford Canyon Volcanic S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Verdun Miners Co.
    Home office Willcox, AZ
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL LOTS OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED UP TO 1925. AN UNKNOWN TONNAGE WAS PRODUCED IN 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 105 FT SHAFT, ADIT CONNECTING WITH LEVEL 40 FT BELOW SHAFT. 180 F T TUNNEL WITH CROSSCUTS AND 50 FT WINZE, 200 FT SHAFT CONNECTING WITH WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120P.

  • Deposit

    DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964, P.148; ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050156 WITH RE CORD M002194 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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