Mine detail: Grand Prize Mine

Previously called 'Grand View'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.88593, -110.95375

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1931
Last production ended:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Ruin Granite
Host type:	Granite
Structure:	Nnw Trending Thrust Faulting Through Area-Main One Ripsey Wash Fault 1 Mile East, Cret-Tert Ene Trending Hornblende Porphyry Dikes 1/2 Mile South And Sw

References

MRDS	M241199
DEP	10109781
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Bolm, Karen S.