Grand Pacific Claim

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102466
MRDS ID M002730
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Pacific Claim
Alternate or previous names Mardun, White Mesa, Navajo Pacific, Zontelli Western

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44602, 36.62973 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 11.5 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 89

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Monkey Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 037N 009E Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAJOR AND MINOR MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Copper Sulfiors Was Strong

Analytical data

Result 12 CHANNEL SAMPLES PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 6 SAMPLES PRODUCING 0.23 OZ. AG AND 1.02 % CU, 3 SAMPLES PRODUCING 0.18 OZ. AG AND 0.82 % CU, 3 SAMPLES PRODUCING 0.21 OZ. AG AND 0.44 % CU, AVERAGE OF 0.82 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Type Is Referred To As The Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Host Rock Type Is Referred To As The Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44602, 36.62973

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 10 Mi E Of Echo Cliffs Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • West-Northwest Joints Control Main Portion Of Mineralization

Comments on the geologic information

  • IT IS UNCERTAIN IF DEPOSIT IS METRORIC OR TELETHERMAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of last production 1967

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period - 1955
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.74 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 : TOTAL TONNAGE PRODUCED UP TO 1955

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Total resources 7374000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.15 wt-pct Copper Major 1955

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COPPER ORE RESERVES ARE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: 14,000,000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES, 1,645,000 TONS OF INDICATED ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS, AND 615,000 TONS OF INDICATED ORE BEING REASONABLY ASSURED. THESE FIGURES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT OPERATION, 75 FT DEEP IN 1960'S

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY MARDUN COPPER CO., 1941-43, CORONADO COPPER AND ZINC, 1943-45. 1917, NAVAJO COPPER COMPANY. IN 1960'S,OPERATED BY ZONTELLI WESTERN CO AND WHITE MESA CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES; DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT (EXCLUDING HOST ROCK TYPE); AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. GRAND PACIFIC CLAIM BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit AREA OF MINERALIZED BODY EQUALS 350,000 SQ. FT. COPPER MINERALS COAT SANDSTONE GRAINS AND REPLACE CEMENTING MATERIAL.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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