Bracco Group Prospect

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027445
MRDS ID M003107
Record type Site
Current site name Bracco Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76402, 33.4573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF GLOBE , ABOUT 0.8 MILES EAST OF RAMBOZ PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(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 001N 15E 03 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76402, 33.4573

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N30E AND N50E
    Dip NW TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Best Ore Was Found Along Part Of The West Side Of The Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Bracco Family

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Bracco
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 - 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20.5 To 29.2% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 16wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5.49M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • A GROUP OF 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDING THE GARNET, LE ROI, BIG LEAD AND EMERALD; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE CLAUDE SNODDERLY (1948)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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