The Lion Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,179 feet.
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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: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.35889, -112.25194
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Lion Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lion Mine
Secondary: Zella Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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
Owner Name: Brown, H Ross, Jr.
Home Office: 2200 Walker Lane, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84117
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range Faults
Type: L
Description: Just West Of Crest Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NO. DC 12222 MAY REFER TO THE SAME PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): MAIN WORK EARLY IN HISTORY OF DISTRICT, PRACTICALLY INACTIVE BY 1926.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT AND TWO PROSPECTS
Comment (Location): LOCATION CHECKED BY PATENTED CLAIM PLATS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS A SOFT YELLOW SILICEOUS CHLORIDE
Comment (Production): LION, ZELLA, DOUGLAS AND ADJACENT MINES PRODUCED OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE UP TO 1932.
Comment (Geology): MINE LOCATED BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER OF THE GREAT BLUE
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173.
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS AND FIVEMILE PASS-NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 14.
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P.141
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