| Deposit ID | 10048170 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800223 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bruce Mine |
| Related records | 10210370 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.23105, 34.54504 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1152 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 5.5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAWLER PEAK AND 4.4 KM N OF BAGDAD, Utm Coordinates To Bruce Shaft. Utm Approximate Because 15' Map Used |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 014N | 009W | 20 | NW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
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| (1) | -113.23105, 34.54504 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N 20 E To N 30 E |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding |
| General form | LENS, STRATIFORM |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 E |
| Dip | 80 W |
| Plunge | 60 |
| Plunge direction | SW |
| Width | 457.2M |
| Depth to top | 289.56M |
| Depth to bottom | 746.76M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| Discoverer | Cyprus Bruce Cu-Zn Company |
| Year of first production | 1968 |
| Year of last production | 1977 |
| District name | Old Dick District, Eureka District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cyprus Bruce Cu-Zn Co., Old Dick Mining |
| First year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cyprus Bruce Cu-Zn Co. |
| First year | 1977 |
| Year | 1969 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.35% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.35% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.35% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.35% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.35% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1943-1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3.36% Cu, 12.4% Zn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 211000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 746.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800223 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
AZ. DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
WORLD MINING, DEC., 1965, P. 68.
MINING ENGINEERING, APRIL, 1973, P. 39, 42.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
CIMRI
D.P. COX, 1973.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1950'S |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DEPOSIT LOCALIZED AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE. |
| Deposit | SEE OLD DICK MINE (MRDS NO. M003474). |
| Deposit | BRUCE OREBODY AND OLD DICK OREBODY ARE ALONG SAME STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL, WITH BRUCE UNDERLYING OLD DICK. TWO MINES ARE LISTED SEPARATELY DUE TO HISTORY, MINING, AND DEVELOPMENT. GEOLOGICALLY, THE TWO MILES EXPLOITED THE SAME OREBODY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD W002662 OF D.P. COX WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-81 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | ADDED MODEL NAME AND NUMBER |
| Updater | 01-NOV-93 | Orris, Greta J. (Beougher, Dee) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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