Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'Hubbard'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.56643, -113.24549
dep_id: 10026927
mrds_id: M001118
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Uranium, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPE, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: None
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Breccia Pipe
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_unit: Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
arock_unit: Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e, Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation
disc_yr: 1906
discr: Wm & M A Lawler
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 93.
  • Deposit:: USAEC PRR-AP-86(NO. 803).
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