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Scottia Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020288
MRDS ID DC12934
Record type Site
Current site name Scottia Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Scottia Mine, Bonanza Mine, Walker Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3933, 39.84078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 005W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA, PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE ARE THE ONLY PRIMARY ORE MINERALS LEFT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bindheimite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Marble Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Talc, Chlorite, Deep Red Hemitite, Limonite

Analytical data

Result 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
    Rock description Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Bonanza Shale;Gardner Ls
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Bonanza Shale;Gardner Ls
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3933, 39.84078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-LYING BLANKET/MANY IRREGULAR PIPES
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 75 N
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone Of Bonanza Overthrust, And The Vertical "Blue Jay" Vein Composed Of Qtz, Galena & Malacite Stains

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Old Scottia Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 315.47M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE WALKER SHAFT (150 FT), A GLORY HOLE & SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. THE SHAFT HAS 3 LEVELS (50, 86, 100)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A V, 1963, OX ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE US, PT 2, UTAH: USGS BULL 1135-B, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B. F., 1942 , MINERALIZATION IN W. TINTIC DISTRICT: GSA BULL VOL 53 , #2 , P. 282

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG QUARTZ VEIN CALLED THE BLUE-JAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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