The Grand Gulch Mine is a copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.32611, -113.79111
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Grand Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Gulch Mine
Secondary: Adams Patented
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Limestone, General
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Bentley District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1966
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, PODS IN ANNULAR CROSS SECTION
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Gangue: Limestone
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED JENE B. CHADBURN, W.E. COVEY, J. WALFESSTEIN, A.R. ARMSTRONG, J.M. BARNUM, J.H. SAMERS, W.P. JENNINGS, G.B. BRUBACHER, F. SWENSON, GRAND GULCH MINING, DR. ROHFING. MINE HAS 23 CLAIMS
Comment (Location): 11 MILES NE OF PIERCE FERRY.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AROUND THE SIDES OF A VERTICAL PLUG-LIKE MASS OF FINE GRAINED SANDSTONE, WHICH IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THE SURROUNDING STRATIFIED SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE. THE PLUG-FILLING IS ELLIPTICAL AND 300 FEET BY 180 FEET, INCREASING IN SIZE DOWN TO THE 250 FOOT LEVEL.
Comment (Workings): 1 VERTICAL 500 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300, AND 400 FT. SUBLEVELS AT 28, 40, AND 60 FT. 4 SUBLEVELS BETWEEN THE 100 AND 200 FT LEVELS. 1 STATION AT 500 FT LEVEL BUT NO DRIFTING HAS BEEN DONE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ELLIPTICAL PLUG MAY REPRESENT THE FILLING OF AN OLD SINK HOLE OF PLIO-PLEISTOCENE AGE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000069 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580-D, P. 46 - 53.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140.
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