The Mammon Mine Group is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 951 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: 951 Feet (290 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.16056, -114.11944
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Mammon Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammon Mine Group
Secondary: Wardwell and Osbourne Mine
Secondary: Mammon Mine
Secondary: Mammon-Zeolite
Secondary: W+0
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Mammon 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
Year: 1901
Material type: AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.16 Oz Ag/T
Year: 1901
Material type: AU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.07 Oz Au/T
Year: 1901
Material type: CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N-W Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Copper Mineralization
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 800 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4.5% CU, 0.07 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.16 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE S BASE OF GIBRALTER MTN. (ELEVATION 1568 FT)
Comment (Production): PROSPECTED AND MINED SPORADICALLY FROM ABOUT 1901.
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: WARDWELL AND OSBORNE COPPER MINES CO., MAMMON GOLD AND COPPER CO., MAMMON COPPER CO., OSBORNE, WHITT.
Comment (Workings): WORKS CONSIST OF AN ADIT TUNNEL AND AN INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): ORE IS FOUND IN HEMATITE FRACTURE AND BRECCIA FILLING.
References
Reference (Production): A.B. OF GEO. AND TECH. BULLETIN 192, P. 142
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA
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