Grand Reef

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Calcium, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silica, Silver, Vanadium, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209872
MRDS ID M050152
MAS/MILS ID 0040090147
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Reef
Alternate or previous names Aravaipa, John W. Mackay, Calistoga Mining and Development Co, Bringham Silver and Lead, Vivian Mine, Joe Rubal, Botts,George H., Lead Jewel, Patented Claims M S 1760
Related records 10039486

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.31737, 32.882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006 S 020 E 29 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Lead Primary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.31737, 32.882

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aravaipa Leasing Co.
    Home office Massachusetts
    Year 1925
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Zinc, Lead, And Smelting Co.
    Year 1928

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONTAINS OVER 1,200 M OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; MAIN LEVEL 366 M LONG; 82 M HIGH STOPE EXTENDS ABOVE AND BELOW MAIN LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS COBRE GRANDE MTN QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461, 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE KLONDYKE QUAD, P. 146

  • Deposit

    ROSS,C. P., 1925, USGS BULL 763 GEOL. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    ARAVAIPA AND STANLEY MINING DISTRICTS, P. 78-86.

  • Deposit

    ANTHONY, J. W. ET AL., 1977, MINEROLOGY OF AZ P. 22.

  • Deposit

    ADMMR GRAND REEF FILE

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E. A., 1971, ADMMR ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    AZBM BULL 156 AZ ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS 1950 P 60-62

  • Deposit

    AZBM BULL 180 MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF AZ 1969 P 235

  • Deposit

    AZ MINING JOURNAL ISSUE AUG 1920 P 31

  • Deposit

    FLAGG, A. L., 1942, VANADIUM REPORT 2, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    DOG WATER AND SILVER CABLE CLAIMS FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMMR FAR MINING RESOURCES FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMMR ARAVAIPA MINING DISTRICT GEOLOGY FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ELSING AND HEINENMAN, 1936, AZ METAL PROD., AZBM BULL 140

  • Deposit

    P. 93.

  • Deposit

    HICKS, C. J., 1979, MOLYBDENUM OCCURENCES IN AZ, ADMMR P. 17

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E. A., 1979,AZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ADMMR, P. 33

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 753

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 26-93, P. 42.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-94 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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