Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'Leviathon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.66712, -112.01392

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pony Formation; Gneiss & Schist
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Mammoth Fault Trends N45w, 70s.

References

MRDSW013407
DEP10105635
Reference{Deposit:: LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING TOBACCO ROOT MTS, U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 170.}{Deposit:: TANSLEY, W., SCHAFER, P., AND HART, L., 1933, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, MADISON CO. MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 9, P 29-32}{Deposit:: GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 15, P. 50}{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L., 1949, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 68.}{Deposit:: REID, R.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH END OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS., MADISON CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 36, P. 20.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574}{Deposit:: 1933 RECON MBMG MEMOIR 9}{Production:: LORAIN, 1937, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972}
ReporterMlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)