The Mammoth is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 650 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: 650 Feet (198 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.30611, -120.75611
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Mammoth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth
Secondary: Nevill's Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Amador
District: Jackson
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: East Bay Municipal Utility District
Home Office: Oakland, Ca.
Years: 1953 -
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
Analytical Data: SULFIDES 4 % OF ORE ASSAYED AS HIGH AS $ 1,500 / TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SOME RICH ORE IN EARLY 1880'S. IDLE FOR MANY YEARS THEREAFTER. IN 1924 A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS PRODUCED FROM GOLD. TOTAL OUTPUT SAID TO HAVE BEEN $ 300,000 TO $ 400,000 .
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETTS OF QUARTZ RESTRICTED TO AREA AROUND CONTACT OF BLACK SLATE AND GREENSTONE.
Comment (Workings): VEIN REACHED BY ADIT 3,500 FT. LONG AT 800 FT. DEPTH
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGE THICKNESS 8 FT; GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR, 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 93
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 38
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 78 .
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