The Mammon Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,850 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: 1,850 Feet (564 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.54389, -111.91111
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Mammon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammon Mine
Secondary: Old Mammon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Normal Faults Approximately 200 M E Of Shafts. Quartz Diorite Of Cret-Paleo Age Is 1 Mile S And E Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Schistosity N 20 W 50 Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 270 FT. INCLINED SHAFT CONNECTED WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPES. STOPING EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 250 FT. AND FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 80 FT. SOME TRENCHING 7 SHAFTS NEARBY (1977)
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS VEINS OF QUARTZ THAT CUT PREC SLATES WHICH STRIKE N20W AND DIP 50NE
Comment (Geology): NW TRENDING GRANODIORITE DIKE MAPPED APPROXIMATELY 200 M S OF MAIN SHAFT. OTHER GRANODIORITE DIKES ARE NE TRENDING IN SLATE MOUNTAINS. AGE OF MINERALIZATION IS EITHER PREC OR LCRET-TERT, WHICH IS AGE OF GRANODIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-934, 1978
Reference (Deposit): ABM, BULL 137, P. 175
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINTS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
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