Zamzow Mine (IEC)

Past Producer in Live Oak county in Texas, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021600
MRDS ID DE00276
MAS/MILS ID 482970004
Record type Site
Current site name Zamzow Mine (IEC)
Alternate or previous names Zamzow-Iec Mine, Hahn, Zamzow Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • Identification and location are uncertain.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -98.0625, 28.49722 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES N40E OF OAKVILLE. Location not accurate. There are a number of former mines and ground disturbances in this area. No map found to determine which working is which mine.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Live Oak(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oakville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

George West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Nueces(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Live Oak

Comments on the location information

  • 3.7 MILES E TX 72 ON FM 1358, S SIDE. Deleted MAS record 0482970004 (10202792)) put location at 28-27-25, -98-5-28, NAD 27. Location not confirmed.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Oakville
    Rock description Oakville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -98.0625, 28.49722

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shallow Orebody Along Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN INTERBEDDED SHEET SPLAY AND SANDY BED-LOAD CHANNEL-FILL DEPOSITS, GEORGE WEST FLUVIAL AXIS, OAKVILLE SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Leach
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1977-1988

Mining district

District name Ray Point

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Energy Corp (IEC)
    Home office Hingham, MA
    Year 2008
  • Type Operator
    Owner Wyoming Minerals ), International Energy Corp (-
    Home office TX
    Year 1979
    First year 1977
    Last year 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • IN SITU LEACH

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • MSHA calls this the Lamprecht Mine, Operated by IEC Corp 3/9/1978-5/13/1991, then by Albuquerque Uranium Corp 5/14/1991 and abandoned as of 8/24/1992.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    framework, hyrdostratigraphy, and uranium mineralization of the Oakville Sandstone (Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain: Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations No. 113, 51 p.

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 1-80

Comments on the references

  • TX BEG RI 113 = Galloway, W.E., Henry, C.D., and Smith, G.E., 1982, Depositional framework, hyrdostratigraphy, and uranium mineralization of the Oakville Sandstone (Miocene), Texas Coastal Plain: Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations No. 113, 51 p. [Does not specifically describe Zamzow, though it is mentioned and analytical data for core smaples are listed in Table B-1 in Appendix B, p. 49. The only map provided (fig. 1) is far too tiny scale to be of any help locating the mine.]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1990-01-01 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1993-02-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-11-08 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10202792.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Stringer U.S. Bureau of Mines 0482970004 = 10202792

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/24/1992
MSHA mine ID4102777
Mine name (MSHA)Lamprecht Mine
Current operatorAlbuquerque Uranium Corp
Current controller (parent)Edahl Leland
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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