1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Grand Central Mine.

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039444
MRDS ID M050087
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Central Mine.
Related records 10186503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.33846, 32.97593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 1 1/2 MI NE OF ARAVAIPA AND 1000 FT SE OF HEAD CENTER MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020E 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME COPPER STAIN EVIDENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone Limestone And Shale
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone Limestone And Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.33846, 32.97593
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 35 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN ALTERED ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grand Central Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Athletic Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 1926-1928, 3.5 MILLION POUNDS PB, 1.2 MILLION POUNDS ZN AND $20,000 AG PRODUCED. SUBSEQUENT TO 1930, NOTHING KNOWN OF MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT INCLINED AND SUNK ON AN ALTERED ZONE IN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE WHICH STRIKES N10E AND DIPS 35W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED ZONE CONTAINS MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.