Mine detail: Mammoth Cons.

Previously called 'Crystal CraigMammoth'

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Location: Mono County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.59465, -118.98874
dep_id: 10007193
mrds_id: C010433
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH-SWELL
Reporter: Mosier, Dan, Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.)
hrock_type: Latite
References:
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B., 1934 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 30 , NO. 4 , P. 320 .
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 563 - 564 .
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 127 - 128 , PL. 1 .
  • Deposit:: RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNT MORRISON QUADRANGLE, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 385 , P. 98 - 99 .
  • Production:: TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ), RINEHART AND ROSS ( 1964 )
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