Zulu Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Vanadium
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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046301
MRDS ID M241202
Record type Site
Current site name Zulu Mine
Alternate or previous names Gila Monster Group, Green Mountain Properties, Toronado Mine
Related records 10136815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39654, 34.15645 (WGS84)
Elevation 1177
Relative position 1/2 MILE SW OF MOORE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 009E 01 NW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES SW OF PAYSON, AZ. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.39654, 34.15645

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer Sam Hill
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Green Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Craig, William

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 213.564HA
    Overall length 1143M
    Overall width 1981.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, UNKNOWN DEPTH. DUMP SIZE SUGGESTS SOME STOPING OR DRIFTING DONE ON THE VEIN. SHAFT 200 FT DEEP IN 1920.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED R.E. PHILLIPS, W.L. LOVELADY, LOUKS AND JACKSON, J. GARFIELD BUEL, JACK CUSHION, MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    ADMR GILA MONSTER FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM CLUSTER NO. 1076.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    CONWAY, 1976, PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, AZ: PHD THESIS, CAL TECH.

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000077 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.