Mine detail: Mammoth Butte Mine

Previously called 'Battle AxCopper ButteSunset'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.72482, -110.47985

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Copper, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1915
Last production ended: 1948

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Structure:Short Ew Trending Faults And Ene Trending Faults, Steep Dip, Battle Ax Vein, E-W Trending
Tectonic:Major Nnw Trending Fault W Of Mine, Quaternary Sediments W Of The Fault

References

MRDSM899874
DEP10109879
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR MAMMOTH BUTTE FILE.}{Deposit:: ABM BULLETIN 158, P. 56-65.}{Deposit:: KUHN, T.H., 1941, PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 512.}
ReporterGest, Don E.