Scottia Mine

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

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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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