The Lion Den is a mercury mine located in Santa Barbara county, California at an elevation of 3,251 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: 3,251 Feet (991 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 34.72417, -119.91056
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Lion Den MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lion Den
Secondary: Cal-Mer
Secondary: Santa Rosa
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Santa Barbara
District: Cachuma
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: National Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fault Intersections
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonatized Sediments
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dickite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SHAFT SYMBOL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): EVERHART, D. L., 1950, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CACHUMA DISTRICT, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 46, P. 509 - 532
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
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