South Rim of Grand Canyon Deposit

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nitrogen-Nitrates
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105105
MRDS ID TC10155
Record type Site
Current site name South Rim of Grand Canyon Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93247, 36.09444 (WGS84)
Relative position 600 FT ABOVE THE COLORADO RIVER, SOUTH RIM OF GRAND CANYON, 60 MILES N OF KINGMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbine Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Trumbull(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Canyon National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 31N 15W Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Analytical data

Result 2% NITRIC N, 1.65% AMMONIC N, 5.35% ORGANIC N, 3.25% AVAILABLE PHOSPHORIC ACID, 1.57% WATER SOLUBLE POTASH

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93247, 36.09444

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 60 MILLION YEAR OLD CAVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1957-1958

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Randall Mills Corp
    First year 1957

Comments on the workings information

  • FROM BAT CAVE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SHIPPED TO AND PACKAGED IN KINGMAN FOR SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION AS A SOIL CONDITIONER AND FERTILIZER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1959, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1957, VOL. III, AREA REPORTS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1244 P.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILES, 1990 (PEIRCE).

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GUANO, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 369.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SINGLE-SPAN TRAMWAY, LONGEST OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD, WAS CONSTRUCTED TO TRANSPORT THE GUANO FROM THE CAVE 600 FT ABOVE THE COLORADO RIVER IN THE GRAND CANYON TO THE TOP OF THE RIM WHERE PACKAGING AND WAREHOUSE FACILITIES WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1989 Peirce, H. Wesley Arizona Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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