Zuma Mine

The Zuma Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,220 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Zuma Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
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: Kennecott Copper Corp, Division Of Sohio Petroleum

Owner Name: Zuma Oil And Uranium Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1905
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Contact Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Bleaching

Rocks

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Enargite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE SURROUNDS SMALL, CONCEALED MONZONITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS. THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR DISTRICT.

Comment (Geology): 3 ORE BODIES, ALL SMALL N 50 A IS A MONZONITE PLUG

Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF BURRISTON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Development): AG CHIEF VALUABLE IN ORE

Comment (Workings): 1310 FT SHAFT COMPLETED 1922 WITH LEVELS AT 200, 500, 1200, 1300 FT

References

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. UI, 183 P.

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): 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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