The Carisa Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,530 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,530 Feet (2,295 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.9275, -112.10083
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Carisa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carisa Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissure ( N 20 E, 45 - 60 S And 90 )
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Complete Oxidation Down To The 100 Ft Level. Rocks Are Partly Marbleized To A White Coarse-Grain Rock Known As Carisa Lime.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVE: 0.1 OZ AU, 6 OZ AG, 4.9 % CU, 0.1 % PB
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Barite
Ore: Enargite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS NORTHERN SPY MINE
Comment (Deposit): ORE FOLLOWS A FISSURE
Comment (Workings): AN 800 FT SHAFT. THE BOTTOM LEVEL IS FILLED KNEE DEEP WITH WATER.
Comment (Deposit): COMPANY PAID $60,000 IN DIVIDENDS
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 231 - 232
Reference (Deposit): TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 753
Reference (Deposit): COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-05-1958
Reference (Production): UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12
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