Mine detail: Mammoth - St. Anthony Mine

Previously called 'TigerCollinsMohawkNew YearsMammothSt. AnthonyMammoth MineTiger Mine TailingsMammoth Tailings'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.70621, -110.68457

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium
Secondary:	Silica, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Tungsten
Ore:	Anglesite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Descloizite, Diaboleite, Dioptase, Galena, Gold, Hemimorphite, Linarite, Malachite, Mottramite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Amethyst, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1879

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1881

Geology

Host rock:	Oraccle Granite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Mammoth Fault Splits Ore Body Into 2 Segments
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidized To 900 Ft, Slight To Complete Silicification, Some Chlori Tization, Sericitization, Clay Alteration

References

MRDS	M050189
DEP	10039507
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, 1938, ABM BULL 144.}{Deposit:: WILSON ET AL, 1934, ABM BULL 137.}{Deposit:: CREASEY, 1965, USGS PP 471.}{Deposit:: CREASEY, 1950, ABM BULL 156.}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 353.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992 AND NIEMUTH, 1987.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Carbonaro, Marguerite M.