Grand Prize Mine

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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About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Grand Prize Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 34.35083, -111.36972

Satelite image of the Grand Prize Mine

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

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Production

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

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

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

Materials

Ore: Copper

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: EAST BANK OF SHANNON GULCH, 1 MILE SOUTH OF CONTROL ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: 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 Type: Geology	Comment: SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY
Comment Type: Development	Comment: 12 CLAIMS IN 1956, OPERATORS INCLUDED WALTER L. LOVELADY, TOM RUSSELL, SNELL MINING COMPANY, 1935, MACK PHILLIPS,1940.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT BUCK MINE FILE.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: USBM CLUSTER NUMBER 1107
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR GRAND PRIZE FILE