Carisa Workings

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

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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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