Mountain View Group: Includes Happy

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234534
MAS/MILS ID 0040230217
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Group: Includes Happy
Alternate or previous names Jack, Clipper, Eclipse, Mountain, View, Clipper Sideline, Happy, Grand Leader, Mountain View #2,, Keystone, and Pilot Patented, Claims., Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Happy Jack Mine, Jack #2, Philadelphia, Wedge,, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Comments on the site names

  • USGS MAPS INCORRECTLY LABEL A WORKING ABOUT 3200 FT SOUTH OF THIS SITE AS THE HAPPY JACK MINE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.82428, 31.60903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021 S 015 E 16 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.82428, 31.60903

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940929

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Wrightson

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lewis, Barnett And Powers; Happy Jack Mg Co.
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Happy Jack Mg And Reduction Co
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Period 1881-1908
    Description 1881-1908 34% Pb, 24 Oz/T Ag, 2% Cu, +Au 150 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 678g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 34wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 89

  • Deposit

    ARBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES PB 28

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P231-233

  • Deposit

    W H WEED, 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIII, P. 499.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.