The Braganza is a gold mine located in Summit county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 10,600 Feet (3,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.5925, -105.86670
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Braganza MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Braganza
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Summit
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (General): Occasional mentions in Young's book on the Orphan Boy Mine (aka Allen-Emory Mine).
Comment (Production): One of 3 [past] producing in the Warden Gulch basin.
Comment (General): All three mines (Braganza, Orphan Boy, and Glendale) were started in the 1870s and 1880s. The mineral veins were located in the 1860s.
References
Reference (Deposit): Young, H.C., 2007, The Orphan Boy--A love affair with mining: Denver, CO, Burg Young Publishing, 254 p., and CD-ROM.
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