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Lions Den Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027098
MRDS ID M002033
Record type Site
Current site name Lions Den Mine
Related records 10137808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27187, 33.73589 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 9 MILE NE OF RED HILLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 010W 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED E OF TIGER WASH IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27187, 33.73589
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer A. Powell And H. Richardson

Mining district

District name Aguila District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aguila Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT AND INCLINED SHAFT. 10 FOOT DEEP OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MN DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7843.

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NUMBER 599-LIONS DEN MINE.

  • Production

    FARNHAM AND STEWART, 1958.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OXIDES OCCUR IN IRREGULAR MASSES AND NARROW SEAMS SURROUNDING BRECCIATED FRAGMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 12-MAY-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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