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Harrington Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109815
MRDS ID M800052
Record type Site
Current site name Harrington Mine
Alternate or previous names Harrington Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35074, 34.19673 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated From Old Claim Map, Usbm Fed. Mine Map Repository Reel 4013-451

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 22 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • HARRINGTON CLAIM MAY BE THE "HARRINGTON GROUP", SHOWN BY LINDGREN (1926) TO BE LOCATED 0.25-0.50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA. UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER OF NE CORNER OF SEC 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Informal Name = Crown King Granodiorite
    Rock description Informal Name = Crown King Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35074, 34.19673
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Outside Stock Trends N20-N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS CROWN KING GRANODIORITE. MAY HAVE RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES NEARBY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. O. Nelson
    First year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZ, 150 PGS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IF LOCATION IS CORRECT THEN GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO UNION EAGLE CLAIM, TIGER MINE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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