Harrington Mine

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

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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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