Description
Tarr And Harper
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThrust Fault Which Brings Limestone Over Younger Quartzite.
Materials
Ore mineralsManganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Sand and Gravel,Limestone,Granite · Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite
StructureBlock Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults., Small Thrust Fault Bringing Limestone Over Quartzite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917-1954
First production1917
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10088604
MRDS IDM050198
Alternate namesTarr and Harper Mine, Orson Branch Property, Putnam Wash Deposit, San Pedro Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.8376, -110.73179
References
FARNHAM, L. L., STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C. W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990JONES, E.L., JR., AND RANSOME, F.L., 1920, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710KRIEGER, M.H., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-670.WILSON, E.D., AND BUTLER, G.M., 1930, MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA, ARIZ BUR MINES, BULL 127, P. 87-89.1968 GEOLMAP KRIEGER, M.H., GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-67FARNHAM, L. L., ET. AL. 1961