The Carisa Workings is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,589 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,589 Feet (2,313 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.92722, -112.08972
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Carisa Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carisa Workings
Secondary: Empire Mines Co.
Secondary: Carisa Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: New York, N.Y.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER GOSSAN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4.5% CU, 20 OZ AG, 0.01 OZ/TON AU REPORTED IN 1918
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LIKELY PRODUCED, JUDGING FROM DUMPS, ETC.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS SHAFT; ADIT LIES DUE SOUTH IN GULCH AND IS REACHED BY WAGON ROAD TO DUMP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): COPPER HANDBOOK 1908 COMMENTED ON STYLE OF EXPLORATION: "STOCK WAS RIGGED UNMERCIFULLY IN 1906. MINE APPARENTLY OF SOMEVALUE BUT COMPANY NOT REGARDED FAVORABLY"
Comment (Deposit): SAME VEIN AS NORTHERN SPY, APPARENTLY TO WEST.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT, PROSPECTS.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS LIE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITIC UNITS
Comment (Deposit): DUMP OF ADIT HAS STRONGLY SILICIFIED LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
References
Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, H.J., 1908, COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. VIII PG. 486.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII PG. 1407.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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