The Mammoth is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 751 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 751 Feet (229 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.85389, -120.38444
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Mammoth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth
Secondary: Webster
Secondary: Orcutt
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Mother Lode
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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 (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HANGING WALL IS SLATE, FOOTWALL IS GREENSTONE; GOUGE SEAMS UP TO 6 FT. THICK; MASSIVE QUARTZ VEIN AS THICK AS 30 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOLDINGS WITH THE REPUBLICAN MINE IN LATER YEARS. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WAS IN THE MID 1890'S.
Comment (Workings): 4 CROSSCUT ADITS ABOVE ONE ANOTHER, THE LOWEST AND LONGEST BEING 675 FT., 500 FT BELOW OUTCROP; WINZE 430 FT ON THIS ADIT, ALONG GOUGE AND MASSIVE QUARTZ ON HANGING WALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 484
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 168
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