The Grand Central Mine is a lead, copper, gold, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.7025, -110.06222
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Grand Central Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Central Mine
Secondary: Contention-Grand Central
Secondary: Little Joe Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone 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: Tombstone Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mine Located In Tombstone Basin. Shaft Located In N-S Tranquility Fault, Dipping 67-70se. This Fault Is Cut Withinworkings By The Grand Central Fault, Which Strikes Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bisbee Group Limestone Is Recrystallized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON SIX LEVELS, MANY STOPES IN UPPER 250 FT, TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED. 2 SHAFTS, NORTHERLY SHAFT IS DEEPEST. WORKINGS ADJOIN CONTENTION WORKINGS TO NORTH. SEE CONTENTION FOR FURTHER WORKING DESCRIPTIONS
Comment (Production): AFTER 1886, PRODUCTION INCLUDES CONTENTION SHAFT
Comment (Development): OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED GRAND CENTRAL MINING CO. CENTURION-AZ MINING CO., TOMBSTONE MILL & MINING CO., TOMBSTONE CONSOLIDATED MINES CO., BUNKER HILL MINES CO, A.P. GIACOMA
Comment (Deposit): ORES IN LARGE RICH OREBODIES IN FAULTED AND FRACTU RED SEGMENTS OF A LARGE DIKE, AND IN BRECCIATED FOOTWALL ZONESOF THE DIKE. ORES ALSO FOUND IN REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE BEDSWHERE INTERSECTED BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES.
Comment (Deposit): ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES OF THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 74.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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