Mammon Mine Group

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027792
MRDS ID M004122
Record type Site
Current site name Mammon Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Wardwell and Osbourne Mine, Mammon Mine, Mammon-Zeolite, W+0
Related records 10162293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.12023, 34.1606 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF PARKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osborne Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 018W 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE S BASE OF GIBRALTER MTN. (ELEVATION 1568 FT)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Copper Mineralization

Analytical data

Result 800 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4.5% CU, 0.07 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.16 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Late to middle Miocene basaltic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-W Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Along Low-Angle Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS FOUND IN HEMATITE FRACTURE AND BRECCIA FILLING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Mammon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1901
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.16 Oz Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 5g/mt
  • Year 1901
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.07 Oz Au/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2g/mt
  • Year 1901
    Material CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED AND MINED SPORADICALLY FROM ABOUT 1901.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKS CONSIST OF AN ADIT TUNNEL AND AN INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: WARDWELL AND OSBORNE COPPER MINES CO., MAMMON GOLD AND COPPER CO., MAMMON COPPER CO., OSBORNE, WHITT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Production

    A.B. OF GEO. AND TECH. BULLETIN 192, P. 142

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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