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Arizona · Yavapai County

Bruce Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground 6 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Yavapai
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former underground Zn-Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-As-Co-Cd mine located 2¾ miles SSW of Bagdad and 1½ miles south of the Copper King Mine. The Old Dick patented claim was located in 1882 by William Waters, who sold it to John Lawler 9 years later. Lawler obtained a …

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 6 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Bagdad , 1986
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Cyprus Bruce Cu-Zn Co., Old Dick Mining · Historical operator
  • Cyprus Bruce Cu-Zn Co. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Chlorite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Magnetite
  • Sphalerite
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  • Calcite
  • Chlorite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Magnetite
  • Sphalerite
  • Tennantite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Azurite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chamosite
  • Chlorite Group
  • Covellite
  • Cubanite
  • Cuprite
  • Danaite
  • Epidote
  • Gahnite
  • Galena
  • Mackinawite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Muscovite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rutile
  • Sericite
  • Sphalerite
  • Tennantite Subgroup

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (6)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 44769

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (25)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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