The Zulu Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,862 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: 3,862 Feet (1,177 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.15639, -111.39583
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Zulu Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zulu Mine
Secondary: Gila Monster Group
Secondary: Green Mountain Properties
Secondary: Toronado Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Craig, William
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1878
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
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000077 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, UNKNOWN DEPTH. DUMP SIZE SUGGESTS SOME STOPING OR DRIFTING DONE ON THE VEIN. SHAFT 200 FT DEEP IN 1920.
Comment (Location): 15 MILES SW OF PAYSON, AZ. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED R.E. PHILLIPS, W.L. LOVELADY, LOUKS AND JACKSON, J. GARFIELD BUEL, JACK CUSHION, MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED MINING CO
Comment (Geology): SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONWAY, 1976, PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, AZ: PHD THESIS, CAL TECH.
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL, P. 40.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR GILA MONSTER FILE.
Reference (Deposit): USBM CLUSTER NO. 1076.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
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