The Mammoth Prospect is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,900 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: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.06056, -113.77028
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Mammoth Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth Prospect
Secondary: Corona Copper Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Midway 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IN ABMGT BULL 192 IS TOO FAR NORTH. LOCATION IS FOR PROSPECTS SHOWN AT THE BASE OF THE "BUTTE" AS DESCRIBED IN BANCROFT, 1911.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN SHEARED GNEISS-SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SHORT INCLINED SHAFT AND A LEVEL CONNECTING WITH AN UPRAISE TO THE SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): NOT THE SAME LOCATION AS COPPER GLANCE MINE OR CHICAGO PROSPECT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 122.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 127.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 163.
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