Mine detail: Mammoth Group

Previously called 'Young Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.45841, -111.48821

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Manganese, Silver, Copper
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1893
Last production ended:	1978

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	2 N-Trending, Steeply W Dipping Faults
Alteration processes:	All Mined Material Was Oxidized

References

MRDS	M002831
DEP	10102469
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, ET AL, 1934, ABM BULL 137}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, 1972, USGS BULL 1355, 103 P.}{Deposit:: TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, SPECIAL COLLECTION, UNIV OF AZ LIBRARY & ABM LIBRARY, P. 344-45}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.