Mammoth Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210633
MRDS ID M050652
MAS/MILS ID 0040190306
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine
Alternate or previous names Union, Old Boot, Imperial
Related records 10039686

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.5301, 32.41451 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012 S 008 E 04 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 1974 P 143

  • Deposit

    E A ELEVATORSKI ARIZONA FLUORSPAR 1971 P 33

  • Deposit

    E A ELEVATORSKI ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 1978 P 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.