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Grand Prize Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109781
MRDS ID M241199
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Prize Mine
Alternate or previous names Grand View
Related records 10186821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95375, 32.88593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF RIPSEY HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crozier Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 013E 25 NW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF TECOLOTE RANCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95375, 32.88593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Trending Thrust Faulting Through Area-Main One Ripsey Wash Fault 1 Mile East
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cret-Tert Ene Trending Hornblende Porphyry Dikes 1/2 Mile South And Sw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 57 E
    Dip 83 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH CRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD - EASTERLY STRIKING FAULTS AND SHEARS THROUGHOUT AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Horse Ranch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, 1-50 FT DEEP, 1-100 FT DEEP, 1-70 FT DEEP; 2 ADITS, 1 AT 50 FT LEVEL, 200 FT IN LENGTH; 1 AT 70 FT LEVEL, 120 FT IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED: E. H. MOORES AND SONS; W.C. BEST; ORVAL CORMAN, 54; CHAS. S. BOOTH; WM. G. FOX, 1936; B.H. NUMEYER, 1935.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR GRAND PRIZE FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER #1216

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ROLAND J. SCHWARTZ, 1954. GENERAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CENTRAL TORTILLA MOUNTAINS, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA. UNIV OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY VEINS AND STREAKS WIDEST IS ABOUT 3 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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