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Lion's Den Copper Claim

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096073
MRDS ID TC38837
Record type Site
Current site name Lion's Den Copper Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70413, 33.82783 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF COX SIDING ON SANTA FE RR BRANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Maria Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 022E 17,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF MARIA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70413, 33.82783
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 45NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 40 FT LONG, 10 FT DEEP. AT NORTH END 10 FT SHAFT SUNK ON CROSS FRACTURE WHERE MINERALIZATION IS MORE INTENSE, 90 FT DOWNSLOPE A CROSSCUT TUNNEL IS DRIVEN 200 FT WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 126

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT CONTACT OF DIORITIC DIKE AND DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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