| Deposit ID | 10102538 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003826 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Leviathan Mine |
| Related records | 10113673 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.79385, 34.83086 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 22 MI E OF YUCCA, 2 MI W OF DIAMOND JOE PEAK, 3 MI SE OF COPPERVILLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Diamond Joe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017N | 014W | 30 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | AVERAGE OF 22 SAMPLES: 2.73% MOS2, 1.71% CU, 0.02 OZ/T AU, 1.4 OZ/ T AG. KING REPORTED A GRADE OF 1.18% MOS2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| |||
| (1) | Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous granitic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | There Is Evidence Of Movement-The Footwall Has A Clean Slip, The Hanging Wall Is Irregular |
| General form | THIN VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30E |
| Dip | 80W |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Diamond Joe District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co. |
| First year | 1971 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 11000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 79.25M |
| Overall depth | 67.06M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003826 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150596 |
PETAR, 1932, USBM EC PAPER #15.
HORTON, 1916, USBM BULL 111.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ADMR FILE DATA.
ANDERSON, C.A., 1943.
CIMRI
AZ DEPT MIN RES, 1962.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP ON WHALE VEIN IS STRONG FOR ABOUT 1500 FT WITH "PINCH & SWELL" FROM 18 IN TO 30 FT. UNDERGROUND IT SHOWS AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF OVER 3 FT. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003826 WITH RECORD M003826 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. SEE RECORD M030375 IN MOLYBDENUM FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DELUGE WASH AREA. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000323 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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