The Lower Mammoth Mine is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,624 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: 6,624 Feet (2,019 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9278, -112.11560
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Lower Mammoth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lower Mammoth Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Empire Mines Co. 1849 West Temple Salt Lake City, Ut
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REC 120- MINE LIFE = 2.7 YRS MINE CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST (COST DATA BASED ON 1976) ACQUISITION $ - EXPLORATION - WORKING CAPITAL 338.900 DEVELOP (SUR + UNDG) 269,100 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 1,085,100 TOTAL $1,693,100 OPERATING COST $27.68 MET TON REFER TO BACK-UP FILE FOR COST DATA REG 160- MINED ORE SHIPPED TO WALLACE, IDAHO FOR CONCENTR
References
Reference (Deposit): OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR AND G. F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOL AND ORE DE
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