Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.34607, -113.14469
dep_id: 10011251
mrds_id: D005800
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Hemititization
ore_ctrl: Fissures
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Kaibab-Plympton Undiff;Red Wall Ls (Red Wall)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Volcanics;Granodiorite Stock
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Plutonic Rock
Structure: Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt., Local Faults
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
  • Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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