The Cracker Jack Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,619 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: 4,619 Feet (1,408 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.28444, -111.42083
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Cracker Jack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cracker Jack Mine
Secondary: Copper Ding
Secondary: Carney Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District
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
Owner Name: Heath, W. D.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS ABOUT 4 FT WIDE AND CONTAINS LENSES, SOMETIMES CUT OFF BY CROSS FRACTURE.
Comment (Workings): 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
Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP. SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED ROBERT AND WARD, GARY MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPEMENT COMPANY, WILLIAM O. HALEY, 15 CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR CRACKERJACK MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): USBM CLUSTER #1121
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA
Reference (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
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