The Mountain View Group: Includes Happy is a lead and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,413 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
Elevation: 5,413 Feet (1,650 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.6089, -110.82360
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Mountain View Group: Includes Happy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Group: Includes Happy
Secondary: Jack, Clipper, Eclipse, Mountain
Secondary: View, Clipper Sideline, Happy
Secondary: Grand Leader, Mountain View #2,
Secondary: Keystone, and Pilot Patented
Secondary: Claims.
Secondary: Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Secondary: Happy Jack Mine
Secondary: Jack #2, Philadelphia, Wedge,
Secondary: Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Wrightson
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Happy Jack Mg And Reduction Co
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Lewis, Barnett And Powers; Happy Jack Mg Co.
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1908
Time Period: 1881-1908
Description: 1881-1908 34% Pb, 24 Oz/T Ag, 2% Cu, +Au 150 Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Names): USGS MAPS INCORRECTLY LABEL A WORKING ABOUT 3200 FT SOUTH OF THIS SITE AS THE HAPPY JACK MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): W H WEED, 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIII, P. 499.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 89
Reference (Deposit): ARBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY
Reference (Deposit): USBM FIELD NOTES PB 28
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P231-233
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