The Grand Army of the Republic Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Grand Army of the Republic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Army of the Republic Mine
Secondary: Gar Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: White Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Corval Development Inc.
Home Office: Kingman, Az.
Years: 1979 - 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Parallels Veins , Local Shear Zones Nw To Ew Cut Across Ne Schistosity
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): PRESENTLY A CYANIDE LEACH OPERATION, BEGAN 1969, WORKING ON THE GAR AND THE HULDA CLAIM TO THE WEST. PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDED CONSOLIDATED MINERALS (1968), UTEX EXPLORATION (1962), AND PAYNE AND MCALLISTER (1947)
Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 30 FEET APART
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT IS A 20 DEG INCLINED SHAFT, 700 FT LONG
Comment (Production): MOST PRODUCTION UNRECORDED FROM 1890'S. ABGMT-USBM DATA 1947, UNDER BOTH GAR AND WHITE HILLS DUMP
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 130
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, 1925, ARIZONA MINING MOUR, NOV., V. 9, NO. 12, P. 7
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