The Grand Central Mine. is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.97583, -110.33778
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Grand Central Mine. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Central Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Athletic Mining Co.
Owner Name: Grand Central Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SOME COPPER STAIN EVIDENT.
Comment (Production): 1926-1928, 3.5 MILLION POUNDS PB, 1.2 MILLION POUNDS ZN AND $20,000 AG PRODUCED. SUBSEQUENT TO 1930, NOTHING KNOWN OF MINE.
Comment (Deposit): ALTERED ZONE CONTAINS MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT INCLINED AND SUNK ON AN ALTERED ZONE IN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE WHICH STRIKES N10E AND DIPS 35W.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN ALTERED ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763
Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964.
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