| Deposit ID | 10020092 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12544 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Zuma Mine |
| Related records | 10300661 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.07829, 39.93606 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1896 |
| Relative position | 5800 FT S5E OF BIG HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 21 | SW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Opoitonga Limestone;Ajax Dolomite |
| Rock description | Opoitonga Limestone;Ajax Dolomite |
| (1) | -112.07829, 39.93606 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Contact Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | WEST |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Depth to top | 152.4M |
| Depth to bottom | 304.8M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| Year of last production | 1944 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Zuma Oil And Uranium Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp, Division Of Sohio Petroleum |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Overall depth | 402.34M |
| Overall length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12544 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. UI, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT. UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE SURROUNDS SMALL, CONCEALED MONZONITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS. THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR DISTRICT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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