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Grand Prize Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046302
MRDS ID M241203
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Prize Mine
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn, Buck
Related records 10258696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37043, 34.35089 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE NNE OF CEDAR MESH SUMMIT, Mine Is Not Located On Quad.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 11N 010E 30 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • EAST BANK OF SHANNON GULCH, 1 MILE SOUTH OF CONTROL ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37043, 34.35089
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S3W
    Dip 70NORTH
    Length 1371.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Paul Vogle, William Craig
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Green Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Comments on development

  • 12 CLAIMS IN 1956, OPERATORS INCLUDED WALTER L. LOVELADY, TOM RUSSELL, SNELL MINING COMPANY, 1935, MACK PHILLIPS,1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR GRAND PRIZE FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM CLUSTER NUMBER 1107

  • Deposit

    ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION DATA

  • 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

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BUCK MINE FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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