Mammon Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088906
MRDS ID M899869
Record type Site
Current site name Mammon Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Mammon Mine
Related records 10161916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91182, 32.54399 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position WEST OF PRIETA PEAK, SLATE MOUNTAINS, On Quadrangle, But Quad Has No Utm Coordinates.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 004E 24 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91182, 32.54399

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Normal Faults Approximately 200 M E Of Shafts. Quartz Diorite Of Cret-Paleo Age Is 1 Mile S And E Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity N 20 W 50 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • NW TRENDING GRANODIORITE DIKE MAPPED APPROXIMATELY 200 M S OF MAIN SHAFT. OTHER GRANODIORITE DIKES ARE NE TRENDING IN SLATE MOUNTAINS. AGE OF MINERALIZATION IS EITHER PREC OR LCRET-TERT, WHICH IS AGE OF GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer John Morand And Peterson
Year of first production 1893
Year of last production 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • 270 FT. INCLINED SHAFT CONNECTED WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPES. STOPING EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 250 FT. AND FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 80 FT. SOME TRENCHING 7 SHAFTS NEARBY (1977)

Comments on development

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINTS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM, BULL 137, P. 175

  • Deposit

    USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-934, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS VEINS OF QUARTZ THAT CUT PREC SLATES WHICH STRIKE N20W AND DIP 50NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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