Grand Gulch Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Vanadium, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Limestone, General
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102539
MRDS ID M003839
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names Adams Patented

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 034N 014W 21,22 SE4 OF SE4 (21) OF SW4 OF SW4 (22) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 11 MILES NE OF PIERCE FERRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprodescloizite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.79191, 36.32611

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS IN ANNULAR CROSS SECTION
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ELLIPTICAL PLUG MAY REPRESENT THE FILLING OF AN OLD SINK HOLE OF PLIO-PLEISTOCENE AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bentley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 VERTICAL 500 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300, AND 400 FT. SUBLEVELS AT 28, 40, AND 60 FT. 4 SUBLEVELS BETWEEN THE 100 AND 200 FT LEVELS. 1 STATION AT 500 FT LEVEL BUT NO DRIFTING HAS BEEN DONE.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED JENE B. CHADBURN, W.E. COVEY, J. WALFESSTEIN, A.R. ARMSTRONG, J.M. BARNUM, J.H. SAMERS, W.P. JENNINGS, G.B. BRUBACHER, F. SWENSON, GRAND GULCH MINING, DR. ROHFING. MINE HAS 23 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580-D, P. 46 - 53.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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