The Mammoth is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,719 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: 6,719 Feet (2,048 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.6669, -112.01030
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Mammoth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth
Secondary: Leviathan
Secondary: Liberty Monyana Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. THE DISCHARGE SEEPED INTO WASTE ROCK PRIOR TO REACHING SURFACE WATER. A SAMPLE OF THIS DISCHARGE HAD A PH OF 7.45. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY FLOWED THROUGH THE SITE AND DISCHARGED INTO THE SOUTH BOULDER RIVER. OBSERVED RELEASES TO THE SOUTH BOULDER RIVER (SEDIMENT) WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC AND COPPER. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE INCLUDED ONE OPEN SHAFT AND TWO OPEN ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY COULD BE USGS GSC ID# WO13407 AS LISTED IN MILS. SO MAS PROPERITES 0300570564 AND 0300570794, THE LAT/LONG OF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME CONFUSION.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 20, 1940, P. 71.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6972, 1937, P. 5.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, 1935, P. 50.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9, 1933, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 170.
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-179.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
