Lead Camp Mine

The Lead Camp Mine is a silver and lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 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

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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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