Hamburg Prospect

The Hamburg Prospect is a lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 850 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

Name: Hamburg Prospect

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 850 Feet (259 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 33.10528, -114.58333

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Hamburg Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hamburg Prospect
Secondary: Hamburg Mine
Secondary: Blake


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Strontium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: L
Description: Fault Zone, Curving Fault Traceable For A Mile To S


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Celestite
Gangue: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR FISSURE FILLING.

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 63.


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