The Mammoth Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.4889, -112.93330
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Mine Description
The Mammoth property of eight claims, held by Hugh bard and associates, is 8 1/2 miles by road north of Hillside and within 3/4 mile of the Santa Maria River.
This deposit, which is reported to be on school land, Was discovered many years ago. Since 1931, it has produced several cars of ore.
Here, a moderately hilly pediment is floored by extensively jointed granite. The present shaft, which is 175 feet deep, was sunk on a narrow southward-dipping fault zone that showed a little iron oxide and copper stain. Between the 80- and 100 foot levels, a short drift to the east encountered an ore shoot that strikes S. 70° W., dips NW., and is about 20 feet long by 2 to 2 1/2 feet thick. This vein material consists of coarse-grained milky quartz, pale-yellowish calcite, and fine-grained purple fluorite. Small masses and disseminations of yellowish pyrite are present in the quartz. In places, the pyrite is oxidized to limonite. The Wall rock shows strong sericitization. According to Mr. Hubbard, the ore mined from this shoot in January, 1934, averaged about 0.4 per cent of copper, 0.51 ounces of gold, and 2 to 3 ounces of silver per ton. Trucking to Hillside cost $1.50 per ton.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Mammoth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth Mine
Secondary: Hubbard
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Hugh Hubbard
Info Year: 1942
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
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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
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References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MAMMOTH FILE
Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D ETAL AZ LODE GOLD MINES AZBM BULL 137 1967 P 27
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