The Mammoth is a gold mine located in Madera county, California at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.34861, -119.77611
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Mammoth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth
Secondary: Woodland
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Madera
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, MAIN ONE 20 - 25 FT. THICK. NUMBER OF SMALLER VEINS ON FOOTWALL SIDE, 4 - 5 FT. THICK. HANGING WALL MICA - SLATE, FOOTWALL IS A MUCH DECOMPOSED GRANITIC ROCK OF FINE TEXTURE, PROBABLY GRANULITE NORTHERN PART OF LODE HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 15,000 FT. ACCOMPANIED BY A GRANITIC DIKE, TEXTURE RANGES FROM FELSITE TO MICRO-PEGMATITE AND GRANULITE, SOUTH OF FRESNO RIVER IT APPROACHES PEGMATITE IN COARSNESS OF ITS CRYSTALLIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST SW 1/4 . TAKEN FROM TOPO. MAP
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE SAID TO AVG. $5/TON IN GOLD
Comment (Geology): TRANSVERSE FRACTURES ACROSS VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 160 .
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 553 .
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