Harris Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027592
MRDS ID M003461
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Mine
Alternate or previous names Hatton, Badger
Related records 10283329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15326, 34.04144 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Relative position 11 MILES NW OF AGUILA, MARICOPA CO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Date Creek Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 009W 12,13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 90
    Length 213.36M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Ore Obtained Near The Surface

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harris District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Period 1918 - 1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^28 - 41 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L., JR., AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710-D, P. 180.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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