The Gold Coin Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.55417, -112.06806
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Mine Description
The Gold Coin property, which in 1934 was being worked by the Southwestern Gold Mining Corporation, is east of Hackberry Wash, about 1/4 mile from the Dewey road. In the early days, this property was opened by a shaft about 100 feet deep. Within the past two years, it has been developed by a 118-foot shaft and has produced several cars of ore. The vein dips steeply eastward, is rather pockety, and attains a maximum Width of about 3 feet.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Gold Coin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Coin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Cherry Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Southwestern Gold
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: E. Nelson, F. Schanuel (1940'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Quartz Diorite Unfoliated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fault Gouge
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TO CENTER SHAFT OF THREE SHAFTS SHOWN ON MAP
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 6 IN GOLD COIN GROUP, 5 IN QUAIL GROUP
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVERAGES 1.2 FT WIDE. LOW GRADE GOUGE ZONE ADJACENT TO VEIN AVERAGES 6-8 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 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
Comment (Geology): VEIN IN PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ DIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 308, GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 31
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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