The Mammoth is a copper, gold, and lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.7061, -110.68420
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Mammoth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth
Secondary: Mammoth Gold Mines Ltd Property
Secondary: Mammoth-St.Anthony
Secondary: Tiger Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Limestone, General
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
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: Magma Copper Co. - Div. Of Newmont Mining Corp.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1980
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON,E D ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING ABM BULL
Reference (Deposit): 137 1967 P 170-174
Reference (Deposit): DALE,V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA...AZ USBM R1 5516 1959
Reference (Deposit): P 41-42
Reference (Deposit): MYRICK,DAVID F RAILROADS OF AZ VOL 11 1980 P 722
Reference (Deposit): WILSON,E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ ABM 148 1941 P 34
Reference (Deposit): ELENATORSKI,E A AZ FLUORSPAR 1971 P 34-35
Reference (Deposit): HICKS,CLIFFORD J MO OCCURENCES IN AZ 1979 P 22
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON,NELS PAUL GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MAMMOTH
Reference (Deposit): MINING CAMP AREA,PINAL CO,AZ ABM BULL 144 1938 P 54-58
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILES
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI,E A AZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 1980 P 54
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 180 MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF AZ 1969 P 353,
Reference (Deposit): 166,236 AND 295
Reference (Deposit): ANTHONY,JOHN W AND OTHERS MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA 1977 P 17,21
Reference (Deposit): USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P 37
Reference (Deposit): CREASY,S AZ ZN AND PB DEPOSITS ABM 156 P 63-84
Reference (Deposit): CREASY,S GEOLOGY OF THE SAN MANUEL AREA PINAL CO,AZ PP 471
Reference (Deposit): 1965
Reference (Deposit): ADMR V FILE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO-ACTIVE FILE MINING CORP
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MAMMOTH-TIGER EXTENSION MINING CORP FILE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR ST.ANTHONY MIN AND DEV.CO.FILE
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO ACTIVE FILES(4)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAMMOTH QUAD
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY,J B HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZ AZBM 1927-29 P 325-329
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