Zuma Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300661
MRDS ID DC12544
MAS/MILS ID 0490490032
Record type Site
Current site name Zuma Mine
Related records 10020092

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.07749, 39.93605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1899
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 002 W 21 NESWSW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.07749, 39.93605

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Copper Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York, Ny
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1650M
    Overall depth 415M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS,1957, INDEX MAP OF MINES AND MINING DISTRICTS IN T

  • Deposit

    TINTIC MOUNTAINS IN GEOLOGY OF EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND OR

  • Deposit

    ITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    OK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 12, PLATE 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references