| Deposit ID | 10102539 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003839 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Grand Gulch Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Adams Patented |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.79191, 36.32611 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILES E OF GRAND WASH CLIFFS AND 1 MILE N OF NORTH FORK OF PIGEON CANYON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grand Gulch Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Trumbull(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 034N | 014W | 21,22 | SE4 OF SE4 (21) OF SW4 OF SW4 (22) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Limestone, General | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprodescloizite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Limestone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.79191, 36.32611 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES, PODS IN ANNULAR CROSS SECTION |
|---|---|
| Depth to bottom | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| Year of last production | 1966 |
| Production years | 1890 - 1919 |
| District name | Bentley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003839 |
HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580-D, P. 46 - 53.
ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS AROUND THE SIDES OF A VERTICAL PLUG-LIKE MASS OF FINE GRAINED SANDSTONE, WHICH IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THE SURROUNDING STRATIFIED SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE. THE PLUG-FILLING IS ELLIPTICAL AND 300 FEET BY 180 FEET, INCREASING IN SIZE DOWN TO THE 250 FOOT LEVEL. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000069 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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