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Mammoth Mine

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Thorium, Molybdenum
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  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026927
MRDS ID M001118
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine
Alternate or previous names Hubbard
Related records 10259532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24549, 34.56643 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 4.8 MILES SW OF LAWLER PEAK , 2.5 MI WSW OF BAGDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 010W 12 SE OF NE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAY CONTAIN ABOUT 6,000 TONS PER FOOT OF DEPTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYS 0.7 AND 0.9 % CU, 0.10 OZ. AG/TON AND A TRACE OF AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
    Rock description Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24549, 34.56643
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 167.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN THAT CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC UNITS. VEINS ARE GENETICALLY RELATED TO LATE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND APLITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Wm & M A Lawler

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. J., W. A., And Mrs Mary Lawler

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 68.58M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FT ADIT WITH 100 FT ADIT BRANCHING FROM IT. 25 FT SHAFT SUNK FROM S SIDE OF ADIT PORTAL. WINZE 120 FT DEEP SUNK FROM ADIT. SEVERAL SURFACE PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRR-AP-86(NO. 803).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS UP TO 1/2 INCH WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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