Mine detail: Hamburg Mine

Previously called 'Wisconsin MineHartford Arizona Copper Mng CoButte & Arizona Mngco.'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.42458, -110.32372

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Selenite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950
Last production ended: 1913

Geology

Host rock:Concha Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Fault
Alteration processes:Pyrometasomatic Tactite

References

MRDSM241004
DEP10046172
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 65.}{Deposit:: WEBER, 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST-CENTRAL PORTION OF THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. UNIV OF ARIZ, PHD THESIS}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.}
ReporterZigler, Jan L., Gest, Don E.