Mammon Mine

The Mammon Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,850 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

Name: Mammon Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 1,850 Feet (564 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 32.54389, -111.91111

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Mammon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mammon Mine
Secondary: Old Mammon Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Normal Faults Approximately 200 M E Of Shafts. Quartz Diorite Of Cret-Paleo Age Is 1 Mile S And E Of Mine

Type: L
Description: Schistosity N 20 W 50 Nw


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 270 FT. INCLINED SHAFT CONNECTED WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPES. STOPING EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 250 FT. AND FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 80 FT. SOME TRENCHING 7 SHAFTS NEARBY (1977)

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Development): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS VEINS OF QUARTZ THAT CUT PREC SLATES WHICH STRIKE N20W AND DIP 50NE

Comment (Geology): NW TRENDING GRANODIORITE DIKE MAPPED APPROXIMATELY 200 M S OF MAIN SHAFT. OTHER GRANODIORITE DIKES ARE NE TRENDING IN SLATE MOUNTAINS. AGE OF MINERALIZATION IS EITHER PREC OR LCRET-TERT, WHICH IS AGE OF GRANODIORITE


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-934, 1978

Reference (Deposit): ABM, BULL 137, P. 175

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINTS FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA


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