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Gold Coin Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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 10048169
MRDS ID M800221
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Related records 10210597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0688, 34.55422 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 2.7 MILES SW OF CHERRY, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 003E 31 SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO CENTER SHAFT OF THREE SHAFTS SHOWN ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fault Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
    Rock description Cherry Quartz Diorite (Informal)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0688, 34.55422
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Diorite Unfoliated

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 90 E
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 59.44M
    Depth to bottom 59.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southwestern Gold
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Nelson, F. Schanuel (1940'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 35.97M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT 100 FT DEEP. NEW (1950'S) SHAFT 118 FT DEEP= #1 SHAFT; #3 SHAFT IS 195 FT DEEP; #2 SHAFT 77 FT DEEP WITH 100 FT OF DRIFTING NORTH AND SOUTH. SHAFTS ARE 200 FT APART (APPROX.) AND ARE CONNECTED ON 77 FT LEVEL. MOST WORKINGS ON GOLD COIN #2 CLAIM

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 6 IN GOLD COIN GROUP, 5 IN QUAIL GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 308, GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 31

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVERAGES 1.2 FT WIDE. LOW GRADE GOUGE ZONE ADJACENT TO VEIN AVERAGES 6-8 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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