The Mammoth Butte Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,150 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: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.72472, -110.47917
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Mammoth Butte Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth Butte Mine
Secondary: Battle Ax
Secondary: Copper Butte
Secondary: Sunset
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hartley, David C.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1948
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Short Ew Trending Faults And Ene Trending Faults, Steep Dip
Type: L
Description: Battle Ax Vein, E-W Trending
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE 175 FT SHAFT, ONE 75 FT SHAFT, ONE 64 FT SHAFT 600 FT TUNNEL WITH WINZE 45 FT BELOW TUNNEL FLOOR
Comment (Geology): DOWNWARD PERCOLATION OF SOLUTIONS THROUGH FRACTURE ZONE MAY HAVE CAUSED BRECCIATION.
Comment (Location): DIRECTLY S OF MAGNA-MAGMA CHIEF MINES, LOCATED ON BASIS OF CLAIM LOCATION, AND ONLY SHAFT ON CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OWNED AND OPERATED BY G.B. HOGANSON, 1943-1944, SUNSET MINING COMPANY 1916-1930'S WHEN CLAIMS WERE THE SUNSET CLAIMS, II UNPATENTED.
Comment (Deposit): PIPES 20 TO 100 FT DIAMETER. EW VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT FISSURES. MAIN VEIN CALLED THE BATTLE AX VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MAMMOTH BUTTE FILE.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULLETIN 158, P. 56-65.
Reference (Deposit): KUHN, T.H., 1941, PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 512.
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