The Harper Mine is a silver, copper, tungsten, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,925 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.39806, -110.35222
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Harper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harper Mine
Secondary: Rincon Claim
Secondary: Ashworth
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Southwest Tungsten Mining
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NARROWVEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Calcite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): MINED FIRST FOR GOLD SILVER & COPPER, THEN FOR SCHEELITE.
Comment (Deposit): 4 QUARTZ VEINS, SCHEELITE IN TWO VEINS. THICKNESS IS 6 INCHES AT SURFACE TO 12"-18" THICK FROM DUMP MAT.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE AND SHALLOW SHAFTWORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING GLANCE CONGLOMERATE AND ANDESITE VOLCANICS CONTAINING EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE(PAL). ; GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE OF GLANCE CONGLOMERATE.
Comment (Production): MINOR PRODUCTION OF GOLD-SILVER ORE IN THE EARLY 1900'S. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1941. GOLD GRADE REPORTED AS 0.31 OZ/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE ETAL, 1960, USBM RI 5660
Reference (Deposit): HAYES & RAUP, 1968, MAP I 509
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY,S.C.1973
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 65.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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