The Lead Camp Mine is a silver and lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.78194, -114.04389
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Lead Camp Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Camp Mine
Secondary: Southern Cross
Secondary: Lucky Lead
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Central Plomosa 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1900
Material type: PB
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45 % Pb
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1900-1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^14 % Pb, 4 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.4 % Zn, 0.03 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: LINEAR, STRINGERS, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein In Strong Fault Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED IN 1900'S AND IN 1948 THROUGH 1958
Comment (Workings): THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PROPERTY ARE ONLY OF A PROSPECTING NATURE, AND CONSIST MAINLY OF SUPERFICIAL EXPLORATION WITH OPEN CUTS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK INTRUDED BY MAFIC DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 90
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 171
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, PG. 90. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978, P. 171
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