Mammoth Butte Mine

The Mammoth Butte Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,150 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: Mammoth Butte Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 32.72472, -110.47917

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Mammoth Butte Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mammoth Butte Mine
Secondary: Battle Ax
Secondary: Copper Butte
Secondary: Sunset


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Hartley, David C.
Years: 1948 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1948
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Short Ew Trending Faults And Ene Trending Faults, Steep Dip

Type: L
Description: Battle Ax Vein, E-W Trending


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): ONE 175 FT SHAFT, ONE 75 FT SHAFT, ONE 64 FT SHAFT 600 FT TUNNEL WITH WINZE 45 FT BELOW TUNNEL FLOOR

Comment (Geology): DOWNWARD PERCOLATION OF SOLUTIONS THROUGH FRACTURE ZONE MAY HAVE CAUSED BRECCIATION.

Comment (Location): DIRECTLY S OF MAGNA-MAGMA CHIEF MINES, LOCATED ON BASIS OF CLAIM LOCATION, AND ONLY SHAFT ON CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OWNED AND OPERATED BY G.B. HOGANSON, 1943-1944, SUNSET MINING COMPANY 1916-1930'S WHEN CLAIMS WERE THE SUNSET CLAIMS, II UNPATENTED.

Comment (Deposit): PIPES 20 TO 100 FT DIAMETER. EW VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT FISSURES. MAIN VEIN CALLED THE BATTLE AX VEIN.


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR MAMMOTH BUTTE FILE.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULLETIN 158, P. 56-65.

Reference (Deposit): KUHN, T.H., 1941, PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 512.


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