| Deposit ID | 10109879 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899874 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mammoth Butte Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Battle Ax, Copper Butte, Sunset |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.47985, 32.72482 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1265 |
| Relative position | 1/4 MILE NE OF SOMBRERO BUTTE SUMMIT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rhodes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 018E | 23 | NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -110.47985, 32.72482 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Short Ew Trending Faults And Ene Trending Faults, Steep Dip |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Battle Ax Vein, E-W Trending |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1948 |
| District name | Bunker Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hartley, David C. |
| First year | 1948 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899874 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210664 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ADMR MAMMOTH BUTTE FILE.
ABM BULLETIN 158, P. 56-65.
KUHN, T.H., 1941, PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 512.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PIPES 20 TO 100 FT DIAMETER. EW VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT FISSURES. MAIN VEIN CALLED THE BATTLE AX VEIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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