The Harrington Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.19667, -112.35000
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Harrington Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harrington Mine
Secondary: Harrington Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tiger District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. O. Nelson
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Outside Stock Trends N20-N30e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): HARRINGTON CLAIM MAY BE THE "HARRINGTON GROUP", SHOWN BY LINDGREN (1926) TO BE LOCATED 0.25-0.50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA. UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER OF NE CORNER OF SEC 22
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS CROWN KING GRANODIORITE. MAY HAVE RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES NEARBY
Comment (Deposit): IF LOCATION IS CORRECT THEN GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO UNION EAGLE CLAIM, TIGER MINE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZ, 150 PGS.
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