Mine detail: Hamburg Mine

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

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.42458, -110.32372
dep_id: 10046172
mrds_id: M241004
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Selenite, Sphalerite, Willemite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Pyrometasomatic Tactite
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Zigler, Jan L., Gest, Don E.
hrock_unit: Concha Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Fault
Year first produced: 1950
yr_lst_prd: 1913
References:
  • 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.
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