Mine detail: Mammoth Lode Mine

Previously called 'Utahn Claim Rattler Claim'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.29302, -113.14941
dep_id: 10011252
mrds_id: D005804
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Jarosite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitic
ore_ctrl: N-S Fracture System
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Kaibab-Plympton Undiff (Host)
hrock_type: Limestone,Chert
Structure: Basin And Range Structure Sevier Orogenic Belt., Local Normal Faulting And Thrusting
tectonic: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC STUDY 46
  • Deposit:: BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 9, PT 2, P 29-52.
  • Deposit:: BAER, J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL NO 3 P 6
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO 22
  • Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
  • Deposit:: BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UT P HD THESIS.
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
  • Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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