Harris Mine

The Harris Mine is a manganese mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,051 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Harris Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 3,051 Feet (930 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 34.04139, -113.15250

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Harris Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Harris Mine
Secondary: Hatton
Secondary: Badger


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Harris District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1923
Time Period: 1918 - 1923
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^28 - 41 % Mn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND STEWART, L.A., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7843, P. 57.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L., JR., AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 710-D, P. 180.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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