| Deposit ID | 10011270 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005840 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Harrington-Hickory Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | The Gomer Shaft |
| Related records | 10178436 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.1008, 38.34996 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1655 |
| Relative position | 4 3/4 MILES DUE WEST OF MILFORD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 011W | 09 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Rhodochrosite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite Plug-Undiff;Quartz Monzonite Stock-Undiff |
| Rock description | Granodiorite Plug-Undiff;Quartz Monzonite Stock-Undiff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Tailsman Quartzite;Kiabab-Plympton Undiff, Limestone, Dolomite;Moenkopi Formation, Thin Bedded Shale |
| Rock description | Tailsman Quartzite;Kiabab-Plympton Undiff, Limestone, Dolomite;Moenkopi Formation, Thin Bedded Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | Arcturus Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North East End Of The Star Mountain Range |
| General form | VEINS AND POCKETS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 W -N 15 E |
| Dip | 27-63 E |
| Length | 1371.6M |
| Depth to bottom | 184.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1860 |
| Discoverer | Harrington-Hickory Cons Min Co |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| District name | Star District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | West Toledo Mines Co. |
| Year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1944-1949 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1944-1949 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1944-1949 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.426HA |
| Length | 2750.82M |
| Overall depth | 184.1M |
| Overall length | 2750.82M |
| Overall width | 2756.31M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005840 |
ABOU-ZEID, S AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD, STAR DISTRICT BEAVER CO, UTAH: UGMS SPEC STUD NO 46
BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOL STUDIES V 9 PT 2, P 29-52
BAER J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOC PUB NO 3 P 6
PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22
BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.
1875 RECON GILBERT G K, 100TH MER REPORT
1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, PP NO 80
1949 COMPILE ALLSMAN, USBM INF CIRC #7497
1953 COMPILE TOWNSEND, USBM INF CIRC #4953
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS MINE WAS WORKED FROM 1872-1875, 1900-1925, 1933, 1943-1949, AND INTERMITTENT FROM 1962-PRESENT. |
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSITS ARE IN IGNEOUS CONTACT ZONES, REPLACEMENT FISSURE VEINS, AND AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF REPLACEMENT CHIMNEYS WITH FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BEDS. FAVORABLE BEDS ARE INTERBEDDED LIMESTONES, CALCAREOUS SHALES, AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS SHALES. WHAT MAKES THEM FAVORABLE IS UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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