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Mammoth Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044694
MRDS ID M232258
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85146, 39.73686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2359
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position C. 18 MIL NE OF EUREKA, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85146, 39.73686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possible Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • N-S TRENDING VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Diamond District

Comments on the production information

  • ONE VEIN OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA CONTAINED 72% PB AND ASSAYED TO $270./TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1864; WORKED AFTER 1866 WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS LOCATED IN 1864, BUT LITTLE WORK WAS DONE UNTIL 1866 WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY A 75' SHAFT THAT EXPLORED N-S TRENDING VEINS IN CARBONATE ROCKS. THE ORE WAS ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA WITH 72% PB, ASSAYING UP TO $270. TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.