USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Graham County
Grand Reef
Source Corroborated Lead Underground 5 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Graham
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- John W. Mackay, Calistoga Mining and Development Co, Vivian Mine, Joe Rubal, Botts,George H., Bringham Silver and Lead, Lead Jewel, Patented Claims M S 1760, Aravaipa
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Pb-Cu-Ag-Zn-Au-Mo-V-Baryte-Fluorspar-Silica mine located in the E½ sec. 29, T6S, R20E (Cobre Grande Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), in Laurel Canyon, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) SSE of Aravaipa, and about 4 road miles NE of Klondyke. The Ara…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Cobre Grande Mtn. , 1972
- Shaft : Cobre Grande Mtn. , 1972
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- American Zinc, Lead, And Smelting Co. · Historical operator · 1928
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Anglesite
- Antlerite
- Aravaipaite
- Artroeite
- Azurite
- Baryte
- Beaverite-(Cu)
View all 40 reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Anglesite
- Antlerite
- Aravaipaite
- Artroeite
- Azurite
- Baryte
- Beaverite-(Cu)
- Bonattite
- Boothite
- Braunite
- Breccia
- Brochantite
- Bromargyrite
- Calcioaravaipaite
- Caledonite
- Cerussite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chert
- Chlorargyrite
- Chlorite Group
- Chrysocolla
- Clay
- commodity:Barite (Barytes)
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silica
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Vanadium
- commodity:Zinc
- Copper Stain
- Covellite
- Creedite
- Cuprite
- Descloizite
- Devilline
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (5)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 3332
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (40)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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