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Grand Army of the Republic Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027933
MRDS ID M004553
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Army of the Republic Mine
Alternate or previous names Gar Mine
Related records 10283615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38109, 35.73584 (WGS84)
Relative position AT WHITE HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Hills West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Detrital Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 027N 020W 11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38109, 35.73584
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Parallels Veins , Local Shear Zones Nw To Ew Cut Across Ne Schistosity

Ore body information

  • Strike N 62 W
    Dip 23 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name White Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Corval Development Inc.
    Home office Kingman, Az.
    First year 1979
    Last year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PRODUCTION UNRECORDED FROM 1890'S. ABGMT-USBM DATA 1947, UNDER BOTH GAR AND WHITE HILLS DUMP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT IS A 20 DEG INCLINED SHAFT, 700 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • PRESENTLY A CYANIDE LEACH OPERATION, BEGAN 1969, WORKING ON THE GAR AND THE HULDA CLAIM TO THE WEST. PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDED CONSOLIDATED MINERALS (1968), UTEX EXPLORATION (1962), AND PAYNE AND MCALLISTER (1947)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 130

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, 1925, ARIZONA MINING MOUR, NOV., V. 9, NO. 12, P. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 30 FEET APART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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