Mine detail: Bruce Mine

Previously called 'Old Dick'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.54644, -113.22937

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

References

MRDSM800223
MAS40250016
DEP10210370
Reference{Geology:: ANDERSON, C. A. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA}{Geology:: YAVAPAI COUNTY ARIZONA. USGS PROF. PAPER 278, 1955,}{Geology:: 103 PP.}{Geology:: CLAYTON, R. L. THE BRUCE MINE - A CASE FOR METAMORPHIC}{Geology:: REMOBILIZATION OF PRECAMBRIAN MASSIVE SULFIDES. 1978}{Geology:: AIME ANN. MEETING, DENVER, CO. FEB. 28 - MARCH 2, 1978.}{Geology:: PREPRINT NO. 78-I-49.}{Reserve-Resource:: CYPRUS MINES 1976 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 7.}{Workings:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. NEW HOIST INSTALLED AT BRUCE ZINC}{Workings:: MINE. JUNE 19, 1971. P 7.}{Workings:: MINING METHODS AT BRUCE MINES. CYPRUS MINES UNPUBLISHED}{Workings:: REPORT ON FILE USBM, IFOC, BLDG 20, DENVER FED. CENTER.}
ReporterHite, Alan G.