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Mammoth & Whale Mines

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046225
MRDS ID M241085
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth & Whale Mines
Related records 10183703

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.54175, 31.7107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES N OF SWISSHELM MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swisshelm Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 027E 12 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SEC 12, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group
    Rock description Naco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.54175, 31.7107
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry
Type of structure Local
Structure description On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Faults; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Swisshelm District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Metals Consolidated Mining

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 2000 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM OPERATIONS IN 1880'S AND IN 1918 TO 1958.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMOTH AND WHALE CLAIMS IS TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN QUEEN CLAIM TO THE SOUTH; OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED THE CONAN MINING CORP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 71.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN AN OVERTHRUST BLOCK OF NACO GROUP LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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