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Harrington-Hickory Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -113.1008, 38.34996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1655
Relative position 4 3/4 MILES DUE WEST OF MILFORD

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 011W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT HYPOGENE ORE MINERAL AND IS APPRECIABLY ARGENTIFEROUS.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Hornfels, Marble, Serpentine, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Arcturus Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description North East End Of The Star Mountain Range

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS AND POCKETS
    Strike N 15 W -N 15 E
    Dip 27-63 E
    Length 1371.6M
    Depth to bottom 184.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zones Forming At Junctions Of Favorable Beds & Crosscutting Fissures With Little Lateral Replacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL HOST ROCK IS THE PERM KIABAB-PLYMPTON UNDIFFERENTIATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West Toledo Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1944-1949
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1949
    Period 1944-1949
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 206g/mt
  • Year 1949
    Period 1944-1949
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 11wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ASSUMING A TONAGE FACTOR OF 11 CUBIC FEET/TON ORE, THE MINE CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 25256 TONS OF ORE IN PLACE. THIS DOES NOT REFLECT UNKNOWN QUANTITIES OF ORE REMOVED FROM INACCESSABLE STOPES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.426HA
    Length 2750.82M
    Overall depth 184.1M
    Overall length 2750.82M
    Overall width 2756.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 4 SHAFTS, THE HARRINGTON, GOMER, MAIN, AND ADELIA; AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND INCLINES. THE 600 FT LEVEL IS FLOODED. THE WATER TABLE IS AT 508.

Comments on development

  • BETWEEN 1943-1953 $41,000 IN DEVELOPMENT LOANS WAS BORROWED BY JAMES D WILLIAMS TO OPERATE THE PROPERTY WITH OPTION TO BUY DECLINING METAL PRICES FORCED SHUTDOWN IN 1949. LATER REOPENED UNTIL 62

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOL STUDIES V 9 PT 2, P 29-52

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1875 RECON GILBERT G K, 100TH MER REPORT

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, PP NO 80

  • Deposit

    1949 COMPILE ALLSMAN, USBM INF CIRC #7497

  • Deposit

    1953 COMPILE TOWNSEND, USBM INF CIRC #4953

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

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

Reporter information

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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