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Silver Crown Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102412
MRDS ID M000931
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Crown Mine
Related records 10234394, 10162208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34986, 31.5368 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 3 MILES SSW OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 010E 05 SW Arizona

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.34986, 31.5368
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, SPOTTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1930 - 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/Ton, 15 Oz Ag/Ton, 5 % Pb, 1 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 424g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY WORKED EARLY IN 1900'S AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1930 THRU 1940 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TUNNEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED TONY ATWOOD, TOM RUTLIDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 107

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 107 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED AND WEATHERED NEAR THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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