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Leviathan Mine (Copper Wonder Mine; Whale vein; Congress Mine), Diamond Joe Peak, Maynard District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 34°49'50"N
Longitude: 113°47'35"W
‡Ref.: Galbraith, F.W. (1947), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153, Minerals of AZ: 24; Horton (1916), US Bur, Mines Bull. 111; Petar (1932), US Bur. Mines EC Paper 15; Anderson, C.A. (1943); AZ Dept. of Min. Resoures (1962) file data; AZ State Land Dept. Mineral map; USGS Prescott topo. map; USGS 7.5 minute Diamond Joe Peak topo. map; Evaluation of the Mineral Resources of the Hualapai Indians (1964), Vol. 1: 83-85; AZ Dept. Mineral resources Leviathan Mine file; AZ Dept. Min. Resources Mohave card file; Bur. Land Mgmt. unit res. analysis, step 3&4, Hualapai unit (ISR-19); MRDS files #10102538, 10259031 & 10113673.

A former underground Cu-Mo-Au-Ag mine. Closed in 1943.

Mineralization is a vein deposit. The orebodies are thin veinlets and irregular masses. Alteration is sericitization and kaolinization. Ore control was the Whale Vein crossing the jointing in the stock. Host rock is Lawler Peak granite. There is evidence of movement. The footwall has a clean slip, the hanging wall is irregular.

Mineral List

Chalcopyrite
Molybdenite
Pyrite


3 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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