The South Harrington Prospect is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,479 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.38306, -113.10389
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South Harrington Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Harrington Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINER PODS OF MINERALIZATION LONG FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHALLOW SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE, REPORT 71-1471 SCALE 1:48000.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
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