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Mammoth Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011251
MRDS ID D005800
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine
Related records 10300551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14469, 38.34607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES SW OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 012W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hemititization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Volcanics;Granodiorite Stock
    Rock description Volcanics;Granodiorite Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab-Plympton Undiff;Red Wall Ls (Red Wall)
    Rock description Kaibab-Plympton Undiff;Red Wall Ls (Red Wall)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14469, 38.34607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Matt Cullen
    First year 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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