Mammoth

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008541
MRDS ID D000829
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth
Related records 10210522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68401, 32.56678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 016E 26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wulfenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68401, 32.56678

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.P., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 144, GEOL. SER. 11, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 9, NO. 2, P. 43.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO TUNGSTEN RECOVERED FROM CONCENTRATES. WULFENITE REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 2 PERCENT OF WO3 IN PB-MO CONCENTRATES. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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