Lyonclaw Mine

Past Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105621
MRDS ID W013264
MAS/MILS ID 0160050090
Record type Site
Current site name Lyonclaw Mine
Alternate or previous names Pat Mahoney Incline, Red Prince

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40524, 42.85101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF POCATELLO ON BARTON RD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pocatello South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 035E 31 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF HAND - PICKED SAMPLES (1) 12% CU, 1.2 OZ AG, (2) 11.9% CU, 0.7 OZ AG, 1.4% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Shaley, Thin-Bedded Limestone
    Rock description Shaley, Thin-Bedded Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40524, 42.85101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 20 DEG E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ida And Ben Lyon, Pocatello

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 94.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • Tunnel And Shaft

Comments on development

  • 80 Acres Patented Farm Land And 5 Lode Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open File Rept., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open File Repor

  • Production

    Dotson, J. C., 1957; Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geology Open File Report.

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad., 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.