The Leviathan Mine is a molybdenum and copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Leviathan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leviathan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Diamond Joe District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co.
Years: 1971 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: THIN VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: There Is Evidence Of Movement-The Footwall Has A Clean Slip, The Hanging Wall Is Irregular
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized And Kaolinized
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 22 SAMPLES: 2.73% MOS2, 1.71% CU, 0.02 OZ/T AU, 1.4 OZ/ T AG. KING REPORTED A GRADE OF 1.18% MOS2.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATED BY LEVIATHAN MINES CO IN 1918 AND 1928.
Comment (Commodity): WHALE VEIN AVERAGES ABOUT 2% MOS2 AND A TRIFLE OVER 2% CU. 1% MO & 1% CU IN CHALCOPYRITE, LESS IN PYRITE
Comment (Production): A MILL WAS BUILT IN 1916 AND OPERATED FOR SOME TIME WITH UNSATISFA CTORY RECOVERY. REPORTEDLY A HEAVY PRODUCER IN WWI
Comment (Deposit): OUTCROP ON WHALE VEIN IS STRONG FOR ABOUT 1500 FT WITH "PINCH & SWELL" FROM 18 IN TO 30 FT. UNDERGROUND IT SHOWS AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF OVER 3 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003826 WITH RECORD M003826 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. SEE RECORD M030375 IN MOLYBDENUM FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DELUGE WASH AREA. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000323 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): IN E HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS, DELUGE WASH AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): PETAR, 1932, USBM EC PAPER #15.
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, 1916, USBM BULL 111.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., 1943.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AZ DEPT MIN RES, 1962.
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