Silver Coin

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137463
MRDS ID M050156
MAS/MILS ID 0040090316
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Coin
Alternate or previous names Aravaipa Leasing Co, Verdun Mining Co, Urbana,R.F., Shannon,F.A., H.Sperry and E.Montgomerie, Grunow,Harris,Gardenhire, Silver Coin Extension
Related records 10039488

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.28177, 32.8362 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 007 S 020 E 11 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Quinn
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1925
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dan Lewis
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS KLONDYKE QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 461 GEOLOGY OF THE KLONDYKE QUAD

  • Deposit

    1964 P 148

  • Deposit

    ROSS CLYDE P USGS BULL 763 1925 P 86

  • Deposit

    ADMR SILVER COIN FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR"U"FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT 130 VERDUN MINE GRAHAM CO.AZ 1943

  • Deposit

    ADMR SILVER COIN EXTENSION FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.