Hamburg Mine

The Hamburg Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hamburg Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highlanddistrictdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Frankel, William
Years: 1932 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Vitrophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Vitrophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): EAST OF MENDHA MINE

Comment (Geology): THE ORE VEIN IS LESS THAN A FOOT THICK, WITH LIMONITE OR RED JASPER CARRYING PB CARBONATE. VEIN MATTER SPREADS OUT LATERALLY FROM THE MAIN FISSURE ALONG JOINTS, SMALL FISSURES OR BEDDING PLANES, FORMING BUNCHES OF ORE. THE DACITE VITROPHYRE DIKE IS RICH IN BIOTITE, HORNBLENDE, AND ANDESINE CRYSTALS, AND IS 5 FEET THICK, CUTTING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE VEIN

Comment (Development): HAMBURG MINES CO WAS ORGANIZED IN 1916 TO WORK THE MINE WHICH HAD BEEN IDLE SINCE 1893. IN 1919 IT WAS REPORTED THAT WORK WAS SOON TO BE RESUMED. A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS READY FOR SHIPMENT IN 1920 AT WHICH TIME DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS PROGRESSING SLOWLY

Comment (Workings): TRENCH IS IRREGULAR IN DEPTH, NO DEEPER THAN 20 FEET. TUNNEL DRIVEN ON VEIN, ORE ZONE EXPLORED ABOVE AND BELOW THE TUNNEL BY RAISES AND WINZES

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS.

Reference (Production): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 150.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 113,NO. 7, P. 281-282.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.