Lion Hill Mine

The Lion Hill Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 899 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

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Site Name

Primary: Lion Hill Mine
Secondary: Glory Group
Secondary: Rico

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults.

Type: L
Description: Limestone Has Been Considerably Faulted And Jointed And Folded Into An Anticlinal Structure

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Iron Oxide

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 700 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 2.4 OZ AU/TON, 0.2 OZ AG/TON, AND .4% CU.

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Location): S OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN.

Comment (Production): THE ORE RECENTLY MILLED CONTAINED ALSO A TRACE OF SILVER AND ABOUT 0.5% OF COPPER.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS; OREBODIES FOUND WITHIN AND ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITIC, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE; SOME HIGH GRADE GOLD POCKETS IN IRON OXIDE.

Comment (Development): PROSPECTED AND WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S BUT PRODUCTION MAINLY FROM 1917 TO 1920, 1928 TO 1933, 1937 TO 1938; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: BILLY MACK MINING CO., ILLINOIS-ARIZONA COPPER CO., LION HILL GOLD MINING CO., OSBORNE ANDBOTZUM.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE ABOUT 2000 FEET OF DRIFTS, TOGETHER WITH SOME WINZES, RAISES AND STOPES

References

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126; A.B.M. 192, P. 142.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 126.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 142.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.

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