The Zuma Claims is a copper mine located in Kern county, California.
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Zuma Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zuma Claims
Secondary: Copperola
Secondary: Zuma A
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FOLIATED GRANITE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN POORLY EXPOSED ON SURFACE-COPPER STRAINING COMMON IN WALL ROCK.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL SHAFT IS INCLINED 40 DEG. NW TO DEPTH OF 165 FT.
Comment (Deposit): FORMERLY DESCRIBED UNDER COPPEROLA GROUP.
Comment (Location): NW 1/24 SEC. 12 , UTM EST.
Comment (Production): 30 TONS OF COPPER BEARING QUARTZ SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN UTAH
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 89
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962 , P. 89 .
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