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Leviathan Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048174
MRDS ID M800228
Record type Site
Current site name Leviathan Mine
Related records 10210572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.74492, 34.16616 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 3.9 MILES SOUTH OF YARNELL, ARIZONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 005W 35 SE OF NE AND SW OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER SHAFT IN CLUSTER OF 5 SHAFTS IN CENTER OF SECTION 35. MAIN WORKINGS ON LEVIATION PATENTED CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.74492, 34.16616
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N 20 E To N-S
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Ne And Dip At Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50E TO N45E
    Dip 40N AVE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Sexton And Staunton
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Los Suertes Mining Corp. (1986, Scottsdale, Ariz.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chase Rich And Others
    First year 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.07HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT 250 FT DEEP ON INCLINE. 12 SHAFTS TOTAL - ALL SHALLOW. MOST WORKINGS EXPLORATORY. DIMENSIONS OF WORKINGS ONLY APPROXIMATE.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE LEVIATHAN, CHESTER, GRANTLY, GERMANIC, DENVER, AND OTHERS. DURING 1984-1986, LOS SUERTES CARRIED OUT A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED MAP, AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS. VEINS LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY - DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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