The Mammoth Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.56639, -113.24472
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Mammoth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth Mine
Secondary: Hubbard
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. J., W. A., And Mrs Mary Lawler
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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
Form: PIPE, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYS 0.7 AND 0.9 % CU, 0.10 OZ. AG/TON AND A TRACE OF AU.
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS. VEINS ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO LATE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND APLITE DIKES
Comment (Commodity): MAY CONTAIN ABOUT 6,000 TONS PER FOOT OF DEPTH
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS UP TO 1/2 INCH WIDE
Comment (Workings): 125 FT ADIT WITH 100 FT ADIT BRANCHING FROM IT. 25 FT SHAFT SUNK FROM S SIDE OF ADIT PORTAL. WINZE 120 FT DEEP SUNK FROM ADIT. SEVERAL SURFACE PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 93.
Reference (Deposit): USAEC PRR-AP-86(NO. 803).
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