Harrington-Hickory Mine

The Harrington-Hickory Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,430 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Harrington-Hickory Mine
Secondary: The Gomer Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Manganese

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: West Toledo Mines Co.

Production

Year: 1949
Time Period: 1944-1949
Year: 1949
Time Period: 1944-1949
Year: 1949
Time Period: 1944-1949

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1860
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEINS AND POCKETS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: North East End Of The Star Mountain Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hornfels, Marble, Serpentine, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Production): ASSUMING A TONAGE FACTOR OF 11 CUBIC FEET/TON ORE, THE MINE CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 25256 TONS OF ORE IN PLACE. THIS DOES NOT REFLECT UNKNOWN QUANTITIES OF ORE REMOVED FROM INACCESSABLE STOPES.

Comment (Commodity): GALENA WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT HYPOGENE ORE MINERAL AND IS APPRECIABLY ARGENTIFEROUS.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS WORKED FROM 1872-1875, 1900-1925, 1933, 1943-1949, AND INTERMITTENT FROM 1962-PRESENT.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 4 SHAFTS, THE HARRINGTON, GOMER, MAIN, AND ADELIA; AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND INCLINES. THE 600 FT LEVEL IS FLOODED. THE WATER TABLE IS AT 508.

Comment (Geology): PRINCIPAL HOST ROCK IS THE PERM KIABAB-PLYMPTON UNDIFFERENTIATED

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS ARE IN IGNEOUS CONTACT ZONES, REPLACEMENT FISSURE VEINS, AND AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF REPLACEMENT CHIMNEYS WITH FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BEDS. FAVORABLE BEDS ARE INTERBEDDED LIMESTONES, CALCAREOUS SHALES, AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS SHALES. WHAT MAKES THEM FAVORABLE IS UNKNOWN

Comment (Development): BETWEEN 1943-1953 $41,000 IN DEVELOPMENT LOANS WAS BORROWED BY JAMES D WILLIAMS TO OPERATE THE PROPERTY WITH OPTION TO BUY DECLINING METAL PRICES FORCED SHUTDOWN IN 1949. LATER REOPENED UNTIL 62

References

Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZEID, S AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD, STAR DISTRICT BEAVER CO, UTAH: UGMS SPEC STUD NO 46

Reference (Deposit): 1875 RECON GILBERT G K, 100TH MER REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, PP NO 80

Reference (Deposit): 1949 COMPILE ALLSMAN, USBM INF CIRC #7497

Reference (Deposit): 1953 COMPILE TOWNSEND, USBM INF CIRC #4953

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV GEOL STUDIES V 9 PT 2, P 29-52

Reference (Deposit): BAER J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOC PUB NO 3 P 6

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO 22

Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.

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