The Grijalva Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.05972, -112.64167
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Grijalva Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grijalva Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Roy Marks, Beale, Kahor And Co, Grijalva Nueva Mining Co.
Years: 1915 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N 25 E To N 65 E
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically-Related (?)) Dikes Trend And Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor To None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN FROM ADIT SYMBOL, 2ND ADIT DIRECTLY SOUTHWEST OF FIRST ONE.
Comment (Development): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS, 15 UNPATENTED. PATENTED CLAIMS ARE COARSE GOLD, S.W. HIGLEY
Comment (Deposit): NEARLY VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN WHICH PROBABLY TRENDS NE OR NNE.
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS, #3-322 FT, #2-239 FT, #1-44 FT. PARTS OF TUNNELS NO. 1 AND 2 INCLUDING DRIFTS AND AIR SHAFTS ARE NOW A "GLORY HOLE".
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): GRIJALUA DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO ORO GRANDE, IN THAT BOTH ARE VEINS WHICH TREND NE, NOT NW AS DO MOST OTHER VEINS IN BLACK ROCK DISTRICT. GRIJALUA AND ORO GRANDE COULD BE OLDER THAN BLACK ROCK AREA VEINS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): AZ. DEPT. MIN. RES. FILE DATA
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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