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Harris Mountain Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046206
MRDS ID M241053
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Blue Ribbon, Rimski, Harris Malachite Groups
Related records 10209760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.18731, 32.00402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position APPROX 1 1/2 MI SE OF BLUE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 031E 29,28,32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 29, SW 1/4 SEC 28, NE 1/4 SEC 32, UTM EST. SOME OF THE GROUP IS ON THE NW SIDE OF HARRIS MOUNTAIN, SOME ARE ON HILL N OF HARRIS MOUNTAIN. THE PART OF THE CLAIM GROUP ON HARRIS MOUNTAIN IS IN THE PROTAL 1:62500 QUAD. HORACE MINE IS ALSO ON HARRIS MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OREBODIES OF BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Group
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.18731, 32.00402
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Small Ene Trending Fault Runs Through Claim Area. Escabrosa Limestone Is North Of Fault (Sec. 28 & 29) Naco Group Limestone, Abrigo Limestone, And Bolsa Quartzite Are South Of Fault. Ore Found In Naco Group Limestone In Section 32
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silicified, Fractured, And Folded Miss-Penn Limestone . All Sediments Have Nw Strike And Dip 30-35sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF SOME 100 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FROM THE GROUPS DURING 1913, 1923, AND 1948 TO 1949.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHAFTS AND TUNNEL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SYLER AND EPLEY, AND J.C. ERMAN, BLUE RIBBON CLAIM, 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 52.

  • Deposit

    SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL V. 68, P. 1315

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS AND VEIN (N70E) IN FOLDED MISSISSIPPIAN AND PENNSYLVANIAN LIMESTONES.
Deposit SEE HORACE MINE FOR ADJOINING PROPERTY IN SEC 32 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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