| Deposit ID | 10039686 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050652 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mammoth Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Boot, Imperial, Union, Page, Southern Beauty |
| Related records | 10210633 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.52987, 32.41455 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2.5 MI NW OF SILVER BELL. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012S | 008E | 04 | NE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||
| |||
| (1) | Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major Fault Zone |
| General form | FISSURE VEINS, IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1865 |
| District name | Silver Bell District |
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| Year | 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1870-1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, Minor Pb, Zn, Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050652 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190306 |
RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS.
KERR, 1951, GSA BULL 62.
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 143.
ELEVATORSKI, 1971, ADMR, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1974.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050652 WITH RE CORD M030550 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-92 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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