The Mammoth-Tiger is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,199 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
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.7061, -110.68390
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Mammoth-Tiger MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth-Tiger
Secondary: Mcfarland & Hullinger
Secondary: Tiger
Secondary: Mammoth-St. Anthony
Secondary: Collins
Secondary: Mohawk
Secondary: New Years
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Tiger
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cyprus Minerals Co.
Company ID: 201881
Info Year: 1988
Owner Name: Magma Copper Co.
Company ID: 201881
Info Year: 1988
Production
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1930-1978
Description: 1930-1978 - From Old Mammoth Mine 4091000 St Ore, 11647000 Lb Cu, 214007000 Lb Pb, 143153000 Lb Zn, 3016000 Tr Oz Ag, 563667 Tr Oz Au, 4210000 Lb Mo, 2541000 Lb V2o5
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1886-1918
Description: 1886-1918 - From Old Mammoth Mine 3000000 Dollars Of Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1879
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Dioptase
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Brochantite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Vanadinite
Unknown: Willemite
Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Amethyst
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): OTHER MINERALS PRESENT INCLUDE DESCLOIZITE, LINARITE, DIABOLEITE, AND MOTTRAMITE.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS WHERE RHYOLITE INTRUDES QTZ. MONZONITE. THE MO-V MINERALIZATION POSTDATES THE PB-CU-ZN MINERALIZATION. ALTERATION INCLUDES CHLORITIZATION. STRIKE IS NW. DIP IS TO BOTH THE NE AND THE SW (NEAR VERTICAL).
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
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