Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'Old BootImperialUnionPageSouthern Beauty'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.41455, -111.52987

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Barite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form: FISSURE VEINS, IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1865

Geology

Associated type:Dacite
Structure:Major Fault Zone
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Metasomatism

References

MRDSM050652
DEP10039686
Reference{Deposit:: RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS.}{Deposit:: KERR, 1951, GSA BULL 62.}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 143.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, 1971, ADMR, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1974.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.