Mine detail: Mammoth Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.43181, -109.90426

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Copper, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Psilomelane
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Naco Group Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sacramento Hill Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Pre-Mineralization Tilting And Faulting Common, Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alteration processes:	Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

References

MRDS	M001716
DEP	10102424
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV, P. 107-8.}{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 127, 1930, P. 39-40.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 88.}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 11.}{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, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.