Arizona · Pinal County
Producer

Mammoth Butte Mine

Pinal County, Arizona, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlEw Trending Fault Fissures And Brecciated Pipes
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Malachite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
StructureShort Ew Trending Faults And Ene Trending Faults, Steep Dip, Battle Ax Vein, E-W Trending
Tectonic settingMajor Nnw Trending Fault W Of Mine, Quaternary Sediments W Of The Fault
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1915
Last production1948
Identification
Deposit ID10109879
MRDS IDM899874
Alternate namesBattle Ax, Copper Butte, Sunset
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.72482, -110.47985
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ADMR MAMMOTH BUTTE FILE.ABM BULLETIN 158, P. 56-65.KUHN, T.H., 1941, PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 512.