Mammoth Lode Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011252
MRDS ID D005804
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names Utahn Claim Rattler Claim
Related records 10129957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14941, 38.29302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1618

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 012W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jarosite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab-Plympton Undiff (Host)
    Rock description Kaibab-Plympton Undiff (Host)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14941, 38.29302

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Structure Sevier Orogenic Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Normal Faulting And Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike WEST
    Dip 82 S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 15M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 5M
    Depth to bottom 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gerald Gillins

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60M
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 9, PT 2, P 29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL NO 3 P 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UT P HD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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