Zonia Group

The Zonia Group is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,003 feet.

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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 Group
Secondary: Zonia

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Walnut Grove

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

Ownership

Owner Name: Arimetco International, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Antioch Resources
Info Year: 1986

Owner Name: Mc Alester Fuel Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oklahoma
Info Year: 1977

Production

Year: 1974
Description: Copper Output 7443 Lb Cu/Day
Year: 1972
Description: Copper Output 13055 Lb Cu/Day
Year: 1975
Description: Copper Output 6949 Lb Cu/Day (Til Shutdown)
Year: 1973
Description: Copper Output 8194 Lb Cu/Day
Year: 1966
Description: 3000000 Lb Cu 900000 St Ore Mined

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Leach
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Melaconite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Azurite

Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): ORE IN SCHIST IS MAINLY SILICATE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE IS NOT OPERATING, NO DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE, 1995. CU COG IS 0.14% WITH 0.47 TO 1.0 STRIPPING RAITO.

Comment (Production): OUTPUT TO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (BIB Y001) CU RECOVERY PCT IS ASSUMED

Comment (Ownership): ARIMETCO ACQUIRED ZONIA POSSIBLY IN 1992. ARIMETCO HOLDS A 100% LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ZONIA (1995).

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LAST MINING (PRIOR TO 1973) WAS AT CU GRADE < 0.3%

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF 1995, THE MINE HAS NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND IS NOT OPERATING.

References

Reference (Geology): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 6/15/46 (GEOLOGY)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES 6/18/65 (TONS & GRADE)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES 1/25/66 (TONS & GRADE)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINE MANAGER COMMUNICATION 1978 (TONS & GRADE)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BEARD, R.R. THE PRIMARY COPPER INDUSTRY OF ARIZONA IN 1986.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AZ DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., SPEC. REP. NO. 13, 1987,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 68 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIMETCO INT'L INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.10.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 8/9/77 (CURRENT EXPLOR)

Reference (Deposit): SW PAYDIRT, 4-90, P.6A.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V106 N28, 7-12-95, P.15.

Reference (Deposit): SW PAY DIRT, 9-94, P.17A.

Reference (Deposit): ARIMETCO INT'L INC. 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.9.

Reference (Deposit): SW PAY DIRT, 7-95, P.3A.

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