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Hamburg Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037357
MRDS ID M032045
Record type Site
Current site name Hamburg Mine
Related records 10125212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.55973, 37.94329 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 8 MILES NW OF PIOCHE, 2 1/4 MILES W OF MENDHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 66E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF MENDHA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Vitrophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mendha
    Rock description Mendha

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55973, 37.94329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E
    Dip N , STEEPLY , STEEPLY
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE VEIN IS LESS THAN A FOOT THICK, WITH LIMONITE OR RED JASPER CARRYING PB CARBONATE. VEIN MATTER SPREADS OUT LATERALLY FROM THE MAIN FISSURE ALONG JOINTS, SMALL FISSURES OR BEDDING PLANES, FORMING BUNCHES OF ORE. THE DACITE VITROPHYRE DIKE IS RICH IN BIOTITE, HORNBLENDE, AND ANDESINE CRYSTALS, AND IS 5 FEET THICK, CUTTING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Mining district

District name Highlanddistrictdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frankel, William
    First year 1932

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH IS IRREGULAR IN DEPTH, NO DEEPER THAN 20 FEET. TUNNEL DRIVEN ON VEIN, ORE ZONE EXPLORED ABOVE AND BELOW THE TUNNEL BY RAISES AND WINZES

Comments on development

  • HAMBURG MINES CO WAS ORGANIZED IN 1916 TO WORK THE MINE WHICH HAD BEEN IDLE SINCE 1893. IN 1919 IT WAS REPORTED THAT WORK WAS SOON TO BE RESUMED. A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS READY FOR SHIPMENT IN 1920 AT WHICH TIME DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS PROGRESSING SLOWLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 113,NO. 7, P. 281-282.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS.

  • Production

    TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 150.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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