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Leviathan Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105576
MRDS ID W007905
MAS/MILS ID 0160450008
Record type Site
Current site name Leviathan Mine
Alternate or previous names Whitman Mine, Red Warrior Lode, Lucky Jim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31517, 43.85298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1/4 MI S. OF PEARL, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 15 E2SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. Of Willow Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized
  • (Local) Pyritized

Analytical data

Result 0.25 TO 5.00 OZ AU/TON. ALSO 600 TONS HAD $21.91 AU, $3.52 AG., 0.2% CU., 2.0% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite;Dacite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite;Dacite Porphyry Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31517, 43.85298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip 50 DEG N
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Sericitize Pyritized
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West View Dist

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whitman Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 400 Tons At $65/Ton, 100 Tons At $90/Ton, 6 Cars At $40 - $80/Ton Were Shipped, No Data On Total Production

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1300M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on development

  • The Red Warrior Lode Is Also Part Of This Property

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 26

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L. 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41. P. 26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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