The Scottia Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.84083, -112.39250
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Scottia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scottia Mine
Secondary: Old Scottia Mine
Secondary: Bonanza Mine
Secondary: Walker Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: West Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Old Scottia Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Sheep Rock Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLAT-LYING BLANKET/MANY IRREGULAR PIPES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Talc, Chlorite, Deep Red Hemitite, Limonite
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1920 SMELTER RETURNS: 0.19-0.35 OZ AU, 16.85-34.65 OZ AG, 26.7-54.75% PB, 5.45-15.55% FE, 2.45-9.0% INSOL., 1.4-3.3% ZN
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bindheimite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Marble
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCER
Comment (Commodity): GALENA, PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE ARE THE ONLY PRIMARY ORE MINERALS LEFT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE WALKER SHAFT (150 FT), A GLORY HOLE & SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. THE SHAFT HAS 3 LEVELS (50, 86, 100)
Comment (Geology): COMPLETE OX. OF ORE DOWN TO 300 FT THE MONZONITE PORP IS EXT ALTERED TO SERICITE & CARBONATE. ORE FORMING FLUIDS APPEAR TO HAVE ASCENDED IN NEARLY E-W VERTICAL FISSURES & PRECIP AT BRECCIA CONTACT.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG QUARTZ VEIN CALLED THE BLUE-JAY.
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 229-232.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT
Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A V, 1963, OX ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE US, PT 2, UTAH: USGS BULL 1135-B, 104 P.
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B. F., 1942 , MINERALIZATION IN W. TINTIC DISTRICT: GSA BULL VOL 53 , #2 , P. 282
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