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Zonia

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186613
MRDS ID M800384
MAS/MILS ID 0040250017
Record type Site
Current site name Zonia
Alternate or previous names Zonia Group
Related records 10109870

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.63355, 34.30065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peeples Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011 N 004 W 13 N2NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Melaconite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.63355, 34.30065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 55W
    Length 600M
    Width 75M
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N45E:55W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 911009

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Leach
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Walnut Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Alester Fuel Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oklahoma
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Antioch Resources
    Year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arimetco International, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description 3000000 Lb Cu 900000 St Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1360777.11mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Copper Output 13055 Lb Cu/Day
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 2161401.66mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Copper Output 8194 Lb Cu/Day
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1356608.59mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Copper Output 7443 Lb Cu/Day
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 2716695mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Copper Output 6949 Lb Cu/Day (Til Shutdown)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 2536385mt

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT TO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (BIB Y001) CU RECOVERY PCT IS ASSUMED

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 4763000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4763000mt ore
    Total resources 4763000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.2099 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Demonstrated 31751466mt ore
    Total resources 31751466mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.31 wt-pct Copper Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 42600000mt ore
    Total resources 42600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.33 wt-pct Copper Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LAST MINING (PRIOR TO 1973) WAS AT CU GRADE < 0.3%
  • MINE IS NOT OPERATING, NO DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE, 1995. CU COG IS 0.14% WITH 0.47 TO 1.0 STRIPPING RAITO.
  • AS OF 1995, THE MINE HAS NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND IS NOT OPERATING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method IN SITU LEACH
    Unit Production Cost .57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Comments on other economic factors

  • ORE IN SCHIST IS MAINLY SILICATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES 6/18/65 (TONS & GRADE)

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES 1/25/66 (TONS & GRADE)

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE MANAGER COMMUNICATION 1978 (TONS & GRADE)

  • Reserve-Resource

    BEARD, R.R. THE PRIMARY COPPER INDUSTRY OF ARIZONA IN 1986.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AZ DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., SPEC. REP. NO. 13, 1987,

  • Reserve-Resource

    68 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIMETCO INT'L INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.10.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SW PAYDIRT, 4-90, P.6A.

  • Deposit

    SW PAY DIRT, 9-94, P.17A.

  • Deposit

    ARIMETCO INT'L INC. 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.9.

  • Deposit

    SW PAY DIRT, 7-95, P.3A.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V106 N28, 7-12-95, P.15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1996 Mkny/Md U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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External references

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