Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'National Mammoth Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.83349, -117.57292

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Gold, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Latite,Basalt
Alteration processes:Clay

References

MRDSM232772
DEP10045108
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.}{Deposit:: WHELCHEL MINES NEWS, 1963, VOL 1, NO 1, CALDWELL ID., MCDERMITT, NEV.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT MAP FILES, FILE (33}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)