| Deposit ID | 10102095 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lower Mammoth Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mammoth - Copperopolis ? Mine |
| Related records | 10179413 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11662, 39.92773 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2048 |
| Relative position | 4000 FEET SOUTH 70 WEST OF MAMMOTH PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 30 | SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Silver City Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Cole Canyon Dolomite |
| Rock description | Cole Canyon Dolomite |
| (1) | -112.11662, 39.92773 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Discoverer | Jesse Knight And Associates |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empire Mines Co. And Leasers |
| Home office | Provo, Ut. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co., North Lilly Mining Co. (Subsidiary) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 609.6M |
| Overall length | 3218.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14035 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS, OF THE U.S. PART 2 PAGE 1376, U.S. GEOL.
HARRIS, BK., 1966, THE TOWNS OF TINTIC, SAGE BOOKS.
SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, FEBRUARY 28, 1915, SALT LAKE CITY.
MCINTYRE, E.S., PERSONAL INTERVIEW OCTOBER 25, 1983.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HEYL, 1963, DESCRIBES OXIDE ZINC ORE .3 FISSURE VEINS EXPLORED |
| Deposit | ADIT LEVEL CUTS PB-AG FISSURE 650 FT FROM PORTAL AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO SOME POTENTIAL AREAS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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