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Grandview Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone, Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102468
MRDS ID M002801
Record type Site
Current site name Grandview Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97658, 36.01752 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position S. END OF HORSESHOE MESA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cape Royal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Marble Canyon(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 Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 030N 004E 05 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY BETWEEN THE SOUTH RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON AND THE COLORADO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY UNUSUAL MINERAL SPECIMENS CAME FROM THIS MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Malachite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Redwall Limestone Is Bleached, Brecciated, And Marblized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Redwall Limestone;Supai Formation
    Rock description Redwall Limestone;Supai Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97658, 36.01752
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Grandview Monocline Lies Along Wnw Trending Cremation Fault.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone Along Monocline Flexure

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRESENCE OF KAOLINITE AND FULLY HYDRATED ZEUNERITE SUGGESTS FORMATION TEMPERATURE UNDER 70 DEGREES C.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1893
Year of last production 1916

Mining district

District name Grandview District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name Grand Canyon National Park

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN PRODUCTION 1893 TO 1900. 1901 TO 1908, PRODUCTION WAS 907,402 POUNDS COPPER, 14,1103 POUNDS SILVER, 1628 TONS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY CANYON COPPER CO FROM 1901 TO 1908. WILLAIM RANDOLPH HEARST PURCHASED THE BELOW RIM PROPERTY IN 1913. ; ECON.COM: ORE WAS HAULED BY MULE TO THE TOP OF THE CANYON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEICHT, W. C., 1971 , MINERALS OF THE GRANDVIEW MINE: MINER. REC., V. 2, NO. 5, P. 214 - 221.

  • Deposit

    BREED, W. J., AND ROAT, E. (ED.), 1974 , GEOLOGY OF THE GRAND CANYON, P. 172 , 174.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1902 - 1967.

  • Deposit

    SCARBOUROUGH, R.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA. ABGMT OPEN FILE REPORT 81-1, 1981.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    REF. #3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO COLLECTING ALLOWED INSIDE NATIONAL PARK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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