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Leviathan Mine

Occurrence in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Selenium, Sulfur
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235711
MRDS ID M004744
MAS/MILS ID 0060030027
Record type Site
Current site name Leviathan Mine
Related records 10028007

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.65739, 38.70821 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heenan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 021 E 15 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary
Sulfur Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY,

  • Deposit

    FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 PP. (P. 221-229).

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 27TH REPORT, 1931, P. 491.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES BULLETIN 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 213.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7898.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THE LEVIATHAN MINE SITE IS A 265-ACRE ABANDONED SULFUR MINE. THE SITE IS DRAINED BY LEVIATHAN CREEK AND ASPEN CREEK, WHICH FLOW VIA BRYANT CREEK INTO THE EAST FORK CARSON RIVER. MUCH OF THE WASTE FROM THE MINE WAS PLACED IN AND ALONG THE CHANNELS OF LEVIATHAN AND ASPEN CREEKS. WATER QUALITY IN LEVIATHAN CREEK DETERIORATED DUE TO ACID MINE DRAINAGE AND HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC, COPPER, ZINC, AND IRON. LEVIATHAN CREEK IS ALSO CONTAMINATED FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH WASTE, SURFACE DISCHARGES FROM THE OPEN PIT, AND SEDIMENT FROM THE ACTIVE LANDSLIDE ON THE NORTHERN PART OF SITE. ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THAT THE ACID MINE DRAINAGE IS LARGELY FORMED BY OXIDATION OF THE VERY FINE-GRAINED PYRITE, NOT BY OXIDATION OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-96 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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