Zonia

The Zonia is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,639 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Zonia
Secondary: Zonia Mcmahon Mine
Secondary: Zonia Group
Secondary: Claims Include Zonia Group
Secondary: Mcmahon
Secondary: Black Prince
Secondary: Shamrock
Secondary: Defiance
Secondary: Cuprite
Secondary: Fairplay
Secondary: Copperopolis

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Zonia 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mc Alaster Interstate
Years: 1980 -

Owner Name: Antioch Resources
Home Office: Vancouver, British Columbia
Years: 1986 -

Owner Name: Queenstake Resources
Years: 1986 -

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Home Office: Phoenix, Ariz
Years: 1986 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1975
Discovery Year: 1880
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: STRATIFORM, IRREGULAR, LENS, VEINLETS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation And Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N 40 E

Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses, Parallel Foliation

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Chloritization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLING INDICATED 0.2 TO 4.0% CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO POSITION OF MCMAHON SHAFT AS DETERMINED FROM MAP OF THE WORKINGS; OPEN PIT PORTION OF MINE TO SOUTH OF SHAFT.

Comment (Production): POSSIBLY A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE PRODUCED. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES (1947).

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS LOW GRADE, OXIDE AND SULFIDE FACIES MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. COPPER MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN SCHIST AND MONZONITE PORPHYRY INTRUSION REPORTED IN FILES. MINERALIZATION IN MONZONITE INTRUSION QUESTIONABLE AS SAME AGE AS ZONIA. MASSIVE.

Comment (Development): USBM WORK IN 1942 CONSISTED OF DIAMOND-DRILLING 11 HOLES AT 100-FOOT INTERVALS ALONG STRIKE OF ORE BODY, SEVEN TRENCHES AT 100-FOOT INTERVALS, 5 FEET DEEP TOTALING 1795 FT. MCALASTER FUEL OPERATED THE PROPERTY IN 1975. IN 1986, ANTIOCH RESOURCES AND PHELPS DODGE CORP. HELD DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CLAIM GROUP. ANTIOCH WAS LOOKING AT CU-AG-AU MINERALIZATION AND PHELPS DODGE WAS LOOKING AT COPPER OXIDES. ANTIOCH REHABILITATED THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND DID DETAILED MAPPING TO REVIEW THE PROPERTY'S PRECIOUS METAL RESOURCES. PHELPS DODGE WAS REVIEWING THEIR PROPERTY FOR OPERATION WITH A SOLVENT EXTRACTION ELECTROWINNING PLANT. TO PREPARE THE ORE BODY FOR IN SITU LEACHING, THE ORE BODY WAS SHOT USING 4,140,000 LB OF ANFO IN APRIL, 1973. THIS SHOTE IS ETIMATED TO HAVE BROKE MORE THAN 5,000,000 ST OF ORE.

Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS INCLUDE THE MCMAHON SHAFT ON THE CUPRITE CLAIM AND AN OPEN PIT TO THE SOUTH OF THE SHAFT; ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL INCLINED RAISES, WHICH CONNECT WITH THE MCMAHON UNDERGROUND AND TWO MAJOR LEACHING BASINS. FROM 1961 TO ITS CLOSING IN 1974, ZONIA WAS OPERATED AS AN OPEN PIT MINE, RETRIEVING COPPER ORE BY HEAP-LEACH TECHNIQUES

Comment (Geology): IGNEOUS ROCKS OCCUR 0.4-0.6 MILES NORTH OF THE ZONIA MINE. THE IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE YOUNGER THAN THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND ARE APPARENTLY UNRELATED TO THE MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS

Comment (Deposit): ZONIA AND MAMAHAN GROUPS OF CLAIMS. ZONIA CONSISTS OF 255.5 ACRES IN 14 PATENTED CLAIMS. MCMAHAN GROUP CONSISTED OF 175 ACRES OF UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MOST ASSESSMENT WORK DONE WITHIN THE UNION, BLACK PRINCE, SHAMROCK, UMPIRE, AND CUPRITE CLAIMS. MOST OF THE ORE BODY IS INDICATED WITHIN THE CUPRITE CLAIM. RECORD # M004613 BY K.H. JOHNSON AND S.C. CREASEY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE MRDS MASTER FILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT -USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA (REEL 4000-60).

Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I. 4023 (1947).

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

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