Leviathan | UndergroundMines

Key facts

State: California
County: Alpine
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Sulfur
Verification: Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A Cu-Au-Ag-S-Se-Hg-Fe mine located in the S½ secs. 14 & 15, in the N½ secs. 22 & 23 & in sec. 26, T10N, R21E (MD), 4.8 km (3.0 miles) NW of Leviathan Peak and 5.8 km (3.6 miles) NE of Loope, along Leviathan Canyon, near the Nevada state line, on Nation…

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USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground

MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
Gold
Marcasite
Melanterite
Pyrite
Sulfur

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Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
Gold
Marcasite
Melanterite
Pyrite
Sulfur
Chalcanthite
Chalcedony
Chalcopyrite
Cinnabar
Cuprite
Greigite
Halotrichite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Native Gold
Native Sulphur
Opal
Pyrite
Quartz
Römerite
Selenium-bearing Sulphur
Voltaite

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 3432