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