Lead Camp Mine

Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109003
MRDS ID M001810
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Camp Mine
Alternate or previous names Southern Cross, Lucky Lead
Related records 10283510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04467, 33.78199 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 9 MI. S. OF BOUSE, 1 MI. NE OF IBEX MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse 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 005N 017W 16 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04467, 33.78199

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein In Strong Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, STRINGERS, PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK INTRUDED BY MAFIC DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 45wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Period 1900-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14 % Pb, 4 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.4 % Zn, 0.03 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 127g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 14wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PROPERTY ARE ONLY OF A PROSPECTING NATURE, AND CONSIST MAINLY OF SUPERFICIAL EXPLORATION WITH OPEN CUTS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN 1900'S AND IN 1948 THROUGH 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 90

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 171

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, PG. 90. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978, P. 171

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-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.