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Hamburg Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Iron, Vanadium, Silver, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Strontium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027197
MRDS ID M002446
Record type Site
Current site name Hamburg Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hamburg Mine, Blake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58412, 33.10535 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position JUST SOUTH OF THE PRINCESS MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 023W 01 CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Iron Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Celestite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58412, 33.10535
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Curving Fault Traceable For A Mile To S

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 30SW
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occurs Within The Same Fault Zone As The Princess Mine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 63.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR FISSURE FILLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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