The Lion Mine is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,921 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,921 Feet (1,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.39917, -110.90861
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Lion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Nogales District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): WORKED FOR GOLD, APPARENTLY HAS COPPER ASSOCIATED.
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1971, OPEN FILE MAP.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, LION.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Arizona Gold
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