The Silver Coin Mine is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.8375, -110.27806
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Silver Coin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Coin Mine
Secondary: Quinn
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Verdun Miners Co.
Home Office: Willcox, AZ
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E & Ne
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N70e, May Be A Sw Extension Of Quartz Hill Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Thoroughly Silicified
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ALONG ADIT LEVEL, MOST OF VEIN IS LOW GRADE OR BARREN EXCEPT FOR S TREAKS FEW INCHES WIDE CONTAINING GALENA
Comment (Production): SMALL LOTS OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED UP TO 1925. AN UNKNOWN TONNAGE WAS PRODUCED IN 1947
Comment (Workings): 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
Comment (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
References
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964, P.148; ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120P.
Reference (Deposit): DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173P.
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