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Mammoth Prospect

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027079
MRDS ID M001949
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Prospect
Alternate or previous names Corona Copper Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77106, 34.06061 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 16 MILES NE OF BOUSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butler Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 014W 07 SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IN ABMGT BULL 192 IS TOO FAR NORTH. LOCATION IS FOR PROSPECTS SHOWN AT THE BASE OF THE "BUTTE" AS DESCRIBED IN BANCROFT, 1911.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77106, 34.06061
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs In A Silt-Like Formation A Few Feet Thick Along The Contact Between A Gneiss Schist Complex And Overlying Granite Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Midway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SHORT INCLINED SHAFT AND A LEVEL CONNECTING WITH AN UPRAISE TO THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 122.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 163.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Production

    KEITH, S.B., 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN SHEARED GNEISS-SCHIST.
Deposit NOT THE SAME LOCATION AS COPPER GLANCE MINE OR CHICAGO PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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