Harper Mine

The Harper Mine is a silver, copper, tungsten, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,925 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

Name: Harper Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Gold

Lat, Long: 31.39806, -110.35222

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Harper Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Harper Mine
Secondary: Rincon Claim
Secondary: Ashworth


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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

Owner Name: Southwest Tungsten Mining


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: NARROWVEIN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Calcite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): MINED FIRST FOR GOLD SILVER & COPPER, THEN FOR SCHEELITE.

Comment (Deposit): 4 QUARTZ VEINS, SCHEELITE IN TWO VEINS. THICKNESS IS 6 INCHES AT SURFACE TO 12"-18" THICK FROM DUMP MAT.

Comment (Workings): SURFACE AND SHALLOW SHAFTWORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING GLANCE CONGLOMERATE AND ANDESITE VOLCANICS CONTAINING EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE(PAL). ; GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE OF GLANCE CONGLOMERATE.

Comment (Production): MINOR PRODUCTION OF GOLD-SILVER ORE IN THE EARLY 1900'S. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1941. GOLD GRADE REPORTED AS 0.31 OZ/TON.


References

Reference (Deposit): DALE ETAL, 1960, USBM RI 5660

Reference (Deposit): HAYES & RAUP, 1968, MAP I 509

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY,S.C.1973

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 65.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.


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