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Arizona · La Paz County

Amelia Mine

Unconfirmed Barium-Barite Underground 5 mapped shafts

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
La Paz
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Barium-Barite
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Gallo

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former underground Ag-Pb-Zn-Fe-Baryte-Sr-Fluorspar mine located in South-central sec. 25 and sec. 36, T3S, R23W, some 1,500 feet SW of the Blaine Mine, on state land. Owned at times, or in part, by Sterling Silver Mines Consolidated; and the United S…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 5 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Hidden Valley , 1965
  • Shaft : Hidden Valley , 1965
  • Shaft : Hidden Valley , 1965
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • United Silver Mines Co Of Yuma · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Baryte
  • Calcite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • Chlorite Group
  • commodity:Barite (Barytes)
  • commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
  • commodity:Iron
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  • Baryte
  • Calcite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • Chlorite Group
  • commodity:Barite (Barytes)
  • commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Strontium
  • commodity:Zinc
  • Fluorite
  • Goethite
  • Hematite
  • Iron-bearing Calcite
  • Manganese-bearing Calcite
  • Quartz

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (5)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 7716

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (18)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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