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Leadville Mine Group

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Bismuth, Tin
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027895
MRDS ID M004377
Record type Site
Current site name Leadville Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Hartzeg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32968, 33.62867 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Camp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyson Wash(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 003N 020W 04 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MILES SW OF QUARTZSITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 360 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 17% PB, .7% ZN, .5 OZ AG/TON, .06 OZ AU/TON AND MINOR CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32968, 33.62867
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSING BANDS OF DISSEMINATED AND HIGH-GRADE ORE BODIES ALONG SHATTERED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ STRINGERS AND ALONG SCHIST PLANES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Middle Camp District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT OPERATIONS

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN 1947 TO 1948 BY THE ARIZONA LEADVILLE MINES CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 161.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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