The Grand Prize Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.35083, -111.36972
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Grand Prize Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Prize Mine
Secondary: Buckhorn
Secondary: Buck
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST BANK OF SHANNON GULCH, 1 MILE SOUTH OF CONTROL ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): ONE 100 FOOT SHAFT; ONE 208 FOOT SHAFT; ONE DRIFT RUN 90 FEET EAST AND 30 FT WEST, STOPING TO THE SURFACE; 2 ADITS, #1 IS 60 FEET LONG, #2 IS 200 FEET LONG.
Comment (Geology): SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY
Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS IN 1956, OPERATORS INCLUDED WALTER L. LOVELADY, TOM RUSSELL, SNELL MINING COMPANY, 1935, MACK PHILLIPS,1940.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BUCK MINE FILE.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION DATA
Reference (Deposit): CONWAY, C. M. 1976, PETROLOTY, STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): USBM CLUSTER NUMBER 1107
Reference (Deposit): ADMR GRAND PRIZE FILE
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