Mine detail: Grand Gulch Mine

Previously called 'Adams Patented'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.32611, -113.79191

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Vanadium, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Limestone, General
Ore:	Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprodescloizite, Malachite
Gangue:	Limestone
Orebody form:	LENSES, PODS IN ANNULAR CROSS SECTION

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1890 - 1919
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1966

Geology

Host type:

Sandstone,Limestone

References

MRDS	M003839
DEP	10102539
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.