Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium
SecondarySilica, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Tungsten
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlWnw Shear Zones, Particularly Where Shearing And Brecciation Are Intense
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Descloizite, Diaboleite, Dioptase, Galena, Gold, Hemimorphite, Linarite, Malachite, Mottramite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
GangueAmethyst, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Oraccle Granite
Associated rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
StructureBlock Faulting Trending Nnw, Mammoth Fault Splits Ore Body Into 2 Segments
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidized To 900 Ft, Slight To Complete Silicification, Some Chlori Tization, Sericitization, Clay Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1881
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10039507
MRDS IDM050189
Alternate namesTiger, Collins, Mohawk, New Years, Mammoth, St. Anthony, Mammoth Mine, Tiger Mine Tailings, Mammoth Tailings
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates32.70621, -110.68457
References
PETERSON, 1938, ABM BULL 144.WILSON ET AL, 1934, ABM BULL 137.CREASEY, 1965, USGS PP 471.CREASEY, 1950, ABM BULL 156.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 353.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRISAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992 AND NIEMUTH, 1987.