Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.10984, -110.07705
dep_id: 10039387
mrds_id: M050012
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc
Minor mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, CHIMNEYS, MANTOS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limestone Metamorphosed To Tactite, Either Diopside Or Garnet Rich
conc_proc: Replacement In Favorable Beds At Intersection With Faults
ore_ctrl: Top Of Middle Member Of Abrigo; Deposit Controlled By Series Of Sma Ll Displacement Pre-Intrusive Faults
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Massive Fracture System, Ne Tilting Tert Block Faulting, Faults & Fractures
Year first produced: 1882
disc_yr: 1881
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187.
  • Deposit:: COOPER & SILVER, 1964, DRAGOON QUAD: USGS PP. 416.
  • Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: LIVINGSTON ET AL, 1967, JGR V.72, P. 1361-1375.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: KEITH, 1973, P.58
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