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Lion Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259601
MRDS ID M050335
MAS/MILS ID 0040230260
Record type Site
Current site name Lion Mine
Related records 10039568

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.91318, 31.39904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 014 E 28 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.91318, 31.39904
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Rock Mining Corp
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES AU11

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P352

  • Deposit

    LENON, R 1964 LENON'S MAP OF SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.