Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'Mammoth Hoist and Adit'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.93217, -112.11218

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Secondary: Arsenic, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: BLANKET, PIPE
Discovery year: 1871

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1872
Last production ended: 1980

Geology

Host rock:Bluebell Dolomite;Ophir Shale
Host type:Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:Plutonic Rock
Structure:Mammoth Fault Offsets Ore

References

MRDSDC12846
DEP10020237
Reference{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MCINTYRE, E. STEELE, PERSONAL INTERVIEW, OCTOBER 1983.}{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D. EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, AIME.}{Deposit:: FULL, R.P., 1966, REPORT AND MAP FOLIO, MAMMOTH MINE, PRIVATE REPORT TO NEW PARK MINING CO., 1 INCH = 200 FT.}{Production:: MCINTYRE, 1983}
ReporterJames, Laurence P.