Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.78074, -114.80367

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper
Gangue:	Actinolite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Oxidation (?)

References

MRDS	M233867
DEP	10045966
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.