Mine detail: Grandview Mine

Previously called 'Last Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.01752, -111.97658

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Malachite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Limonite
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1893
Last production ended:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Redwall Limestone;Supai Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Grandview Monocline Lies Along Wnw Trending Cremation Fault.
Alteration processes:	Redwall Limestone Is Bleached, Brecciated, And Marblized.

References

MRDS	M002801
DEP	10102468
Reference	{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 ROCKHOUN * GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: REF. #3}
Reporter	Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.