Amelia Mine

The Amelia Mine is a silver and lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Amelia Mine
Secondary: Gallo
Secondary: Revelation

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Past Producer
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: PINCH AND SWELL, STRINGERS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Normal Faulting. Several Directions Of Rather Extensive Fracturing Has Occurred. Differential Erosion Acting Along These Fractures Has Carved Out Numerous Caves, Niches, And Windows.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Carbonatization, Silicification

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1% PB AND 5 TO 12% AG PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Celestite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): THIS CLAIM YIELDED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SILVER ORE DURING THE 1880'S, BUT NOTHING OF ITS HISTORY IS RECORDED.

Comment (Deposit): A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS, A SIMILAR VEIN OCCURS WITHIN A FRACTURE ZONE THAT STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS 50 DEG NE. IT HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY A SHORT TUNNEL. THIS VEIN IS MORE EXTENSIVELY IRON STAINED THAN THE OTHER VEIN.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL CONNECTED WITH TWO RAISES TO THE SURFACE, TWO WINZES, AND ONE STOPE TO THE SURFACE

References

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z.; 1966; THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT TRIGO MOUNTAINS YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: MASTER THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 59 & 60.

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

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 59

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