| Deposit ID | 10045108 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232772 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mammoth Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | National Mammoth Mining Co. |
| Related records | 10174109 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.57292, 41.83349 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2034 |
| Relative position | 60 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 046N | 039E | 27 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE ASSAYED $100/TON AG AND $2-$3 IN AU IN 1911 |
|---|
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -117.57292, 41.83349 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| District name | National Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Whelchel Mines Reopened Mammoth Portal And Retimbered |
| First year | 1962 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Mammoth Mining Co., Whelchel |
| First year | 1912 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232772 |
LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.
WHELCHEL MINES NEWS, 1963, VOL 1, NO 1, CALDWELL ID., MCDERMITT, NEV.
NBMG MINING DISTRICT MAP FILES, FILE (33
WILLDEN, R., 1964
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Deposit | THREE TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN BY THE NATIONAL MAMMOTH MINING CO. NEAR THE CLAIM BOUNDARIES OF THE NATIONAL MINES CO. ONE VEIN IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL VEIN. IN 1962, WHELCHEL MINES REOPENED THE MAMMOTH PORTAL AND DID SOME RE-TIMBERING, AND SANK 2 EXPLORATURY WINZES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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