Lower Mammoth Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179413
MRDS ID DC14035
MAS/MILS ID 0490230064
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Mammoth Mine
Related records 10102095

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.11639, 39.92775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2019
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 002 W 30 SWSWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.11639, 39.92775

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 5M
    Width 700M
    Area 15HA
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N10E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empire Mines Co. 1849 West Temple Salt Lake City, Ut
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 320
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR AND G. F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOL AND ORE DE

  • Deposit

    OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 120- MINE LIFE = 2.7 YRS MINE CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST (COST DATA BASED ON 1976) ACQUISITION $ - EXPLORATION - WORKING CAPITAL 338.900 DEVELOP (SUR + UNDG) 269,100 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 1,085,100 TOTAL $1,693,100 OPERATING COST $27.68 MET TON REFER TO BACK-UP FILE FOR COST DATA REG 160- MINED ORE SHIPPED TO WALLACE, IDAHO FOR CONCENTR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-APR-87 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references