Mammoth Mine

The Mammoth Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona.

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

Name: Mammoth Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.41444, -111.52917

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Mammoth Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mammoth Mine
Secondary: Old Boot
Secondary: Imperial
Secondary: Union
Secondary: Page
Secondary: Southern Beauty


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1931
Time Period: 1870-1931
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, Minor Pb, Zn, Au


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
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: FISSURE VEINS, IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Major Fault Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Metasomatism


Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKED AS AN UNDERGROUND MINE FROM 1870'S TO 1931

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050652 WITH RE CORD M030550 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): GREEN FLUORITE

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED HUACHUCA MINING & SMELTING CO, PIMA COUNTY MIN ING AND SMELTING CO, SILVER BELL MINING CO, ALBERT STEINFELD CO, IMPER IAL COPPER CO, ASARCO

Comment (Geology): TACTITE PRESENT.


References

Reference (Deposit): RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, 1971, ADMR, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR.

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1951, GSA BULL 62.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 143.


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