| Deposit ID | 10027158 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002308 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lion Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Glory Group, Rico |
| Related records | 10234789 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.18912, 34.18282 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 274 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES BY ROAD NORTHEAST OF PARKER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Paz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cross Roads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 019W | 25 | CENTER OF N2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Result | 700 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 2.4 OZ AU/TON, 0.2 OZ AG/TON, AND .4% CU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -114.18912, 34.18282 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Limestone Has Been Considerably Faulted And Jointed And Folded Into An Anticlinal Structure |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Cienega District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002308 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270264 |
ABM BULL 137, P. 126.
ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142.
KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 142.
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.
A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126; A.B.M. 192, P. 142.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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