USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Mammoth Prospect
Source Corroborated Gold Underground 2 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Apache No. 2
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Cu mine located in the SE¼ sec. 1, T8N, R15W (Swansea 15 minute topo map). Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.
Additional documented workings
-
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Moon Mtn. , 1955
- Shaft : Moon Mtn. , 1931
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
-
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Biotite
- Chlorite
- Epidote
- Quartz
- Gold
- commodity:Copper
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 67713
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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