USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pima County
Silver Crown Mine
Multiple Sources Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Multiple Sources Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 107 (Table 4). Arizona Bureau of Mines file data. MRDS database Dep. ID file #…
Additional documented workings
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Incline
— documented in 2 source records,
noting 300 ft.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Silver Crown Mine" -
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records,
noting 300 ft, 40 ft, 39 ft.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Silver Crown Mine"
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Incline
Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Silver Crown Mine”). Evidence: PDF: naged when sunk on the complex angle of incline. As to sampling, this shaft would. suffic… -
Shaft
· depth 300 ft
Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Silver Crown Mine”). Evidence: PDF: s: Amt. & Condition • 40 ft. prospect shaft 300 ft. tunnel . 6/23/39' raisi ng and sinkin…
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Incline
Silver Crown Mine -
Shaft
— 300 ft
Silver Crown Mine
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Multiple Sources Confirmed
Independent historical source evidence corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Confirmed by independent Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR historical documentation describing underground workings, in addition to USGS MRDS catalog eligibility. Not a member field verification.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
- documented workings
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 35324
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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