Humdinger Mine, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Humdinger Mine | Mine |
| Plomosa Mining District | Mining District |
| Plomosa Mountains | Mountain Range |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 37' 27'' North , 114° 4' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brenda | 676 (2011) | 13.7km |
| Quartzsite | 3,626 (2017) | 14.8km |
| La Paz Valley | 699 (2011) | 16.2km |
| Utting | 126 (2011) | 29.6km |
| Vicksburg | 597 (2011) | 32.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 15km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Picacho Mine; Old Frenchman Mine
A former surface and underground Pb-Ag-Au mine located in the SW¼, sec. 1 and secs. 2 & 11, T3N, R18W, on federal land. Produced 1918-1919.
Mineralization is spotty pods and veinlets of argentiferous galena, partly oxidized to anglesite and sooty acanthite, in a 4 foot wide zone of strong pyritic mineralization along a thrust fault in metamorphosed Mesozoic sediments, with basic and acid dikes, and capped by Laramide sediments.
Workings include a shaft(s) and adit operations. Workings included 2 tunnels about 100 foot long each plus 3 shafts with the deepest at 100 feet deep (1881). Worked by French as early as 1840 and reportedly produced some 300 tons of high-grade lead-silver ore in 1863-1864.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Description: Sooty; as an oxidation product of galena. |
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula: PbS with Ag |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | var. Silver-bearing Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS with Ag |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109062 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10161919 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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