Utah · Beaver County
Past Producer

Mammoth Lode Mine

Beaver County, Utah, United States
ZincLeadSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlN-S Fracture System
Materials
Ore mineralsJarosite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Chert · Kaibab-Plympton Undiff (Host)
StructureBasin And Range Structure Sevier Orogenic Belt., Local Normal Faulting And Thrusting
Tectonic settingCordilleran Miogeosyncline
AlterationSericitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011252
MRDS IDD005804
Alternate namesUtahn Claim Rattler Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.29302, -113.14941
References
ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC STUDY 46BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 9, PT 2, P 29-52.BAER, J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL NO 3 P 6PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO 221913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UT P HD THESIS.1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #1111962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 91963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #31973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY