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Golden Harp Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027161
MRDS ID M002317
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Harp Mine
Related records 10134520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.63133, 33.09675 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE TANK MOUNTAINS, 2.5 MILES SW OF FLAT TOP BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(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 Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 013W 7,;8 CENTER OF THE SECTION BOUNDARY BETWEEN (07) AND (08) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE YUMA PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericitization, Silicification, Carbonatization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kofa Volcanics
    Rock description Kofa Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.63133, 33.09675
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 80 N
    Length 22.86M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Mesozoic Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHIST IS STRIPED, BROWNISH IN COLOR, AND RESEMBLES FINE-GRAINED ARKOSE. IT STRIKES N30W AND DIPS 80 NE. SEVERAL DIORITE-PORPHYRY DIKES UP TO A FEW FEET IN WIDTH CUT THE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Mr. Morris

Mining district

District name Tank Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Yuma Proving Ground

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SMALL PRODUCTION DURING 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS, ABOUT TWENTY AND 60 FT DEEP, AND A SHORT OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED IN 1929 BY MESSRS O. NEWBROUGH AND T. BRYDEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 126.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY NULLETIN 192, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ IS YELLOWISH IN COLOR AND, IN PLACES, IT CONTAINS ABUNDANT IRON OXIDE AND CHRYSOCOLLA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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