USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Lion Hill Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Mining district
- Cienega District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Glory Group, Rico
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Cu-Au mine located 7 road miles NE of Parker. Reopened 1917-1920 and 1927-1930. Owned at times, or in part, by W.H. Manning & others (1934); Illinois-Arizona Copper Co. (1917-1920); the Lion Hill Mining Co. (1927-1930); and, H. Sloan (1931-1934). …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chrysocolla
- Gold
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Silver
- Specularite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
View all 15 reported minerals
- Chrysocolla
- Gold
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Silver
- Specularite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Native Gold
- Specularite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (2)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 51280
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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