Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'Mammoth Hoist and Adit'

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Location: Juab County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.93217, -112.11218
dep_id: 10020237
mrds_id: DC12846
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Minor mineral: Arsenic, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET, PIPE
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Weathering And Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Sioux A Jax Fault And Northeast Fissure
Reporter: James, Laurence P.
hrock_unit: Bluebell Dolomite;Ophir Shale
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
Structure: Mammoth Fault Offsets Ore
Year first produced: 1872
yr_lst_prd: 1980
disc_yr: 1871
discr: C.C. Crismon?
References:
  • 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
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