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Cracker Jack Mine

Producer in Gila 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046311
MRDS ID M241215
Record type Site
Current site name Cracker Jack Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Ding, Carney Property
Related records 10185750

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.42155, 34.2845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1408
Relative position 3/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF CRACKER JACK MESA, 1 1/2 MILES NW OF WHITE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhead Mesa(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 011N 009E 22 SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.42155, 34.2845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EASTWEST
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP. SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Green Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heath, W. D.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT ON VEIN 350 FT ABOUT 150 FT DOWN FROM TOP OF HILL. SHAFT ON VEIN ABOUT 90 FT DEEP AT TOP OF HILL, 45 FT DEEP ON VEIN AND RAISE TO 100 FT DOWN TUNNEL MOUTH ABOUT 45 FT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED ROBERT AND WARD, GARY MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPEMENT COMPANY, WILLIAM O. HALEY, 15 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR CRACKERJACK MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM CLUSTER #1121

  • 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, ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS, CAL TECH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS ABOUT 4 FT WIDE AND CONTAINS LENSES, SOMETIMES CUT OFF BY CROSS FRACTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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