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Hamburg Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046172
MRDS ID M241004
Record type Site
Current site name Hamburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Wisconsin Mine, Hartford Arizona Copper Mng Co, Butte & Arizona Mngco.
Related records 10161065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.32372, 31.42458 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position UPPER RAMSEY CANYON, WHERE PAT SCOTT AND WISCONSIN CANYON ENTER RAMSEY
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 020E 16,17,20,21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CORNER OF SEC 16, 17, 20, & 21 UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Selenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Willemite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometasomatic Tactite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Concha Limestone
    Rock description Concha Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.32372, 31.42458
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN PYROSOMATIC TACTITE IN DEFORMED LIMESTONE ALONG A STRONG FAULT AND INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1913

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hartford Arizona Copper Mng Co, Butte And Arizona Mng Co.

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO 100 TONS PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY IN THE EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN EARLY 1900'S. THREE PRINCIPAL ADITS, INCLUDING THIS TUNNEL, PITS, AND SMALL PROSPECT DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED BUTTE & ARIZONA MINING CO., CORONADO INVESTMENT CO.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M241004
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0040030151

Bibliographic 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR VEINLETS, PODS, AND DISSEMINATIONS OF ORE IN PYROMETASOMATIC TACTITE IN DEFORMED LIMESTONE ALONG A STRONG FAULT AND INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey