| Deposit ID | 10008298 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000321 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rowley Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Reliance, Rawley, Theba, Rainbow |
| Related records | 10137899 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.02492, 33.04897 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 28 MI NW OF GILA BEND. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Maricopa(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dendora Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S}004S | 008W}007W | 30,31}24,25,36 | NE (25) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Semiprecious Gemstone | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Mimetite | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Result | QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGES LESS THAN 1% CU, 1 OZ/T AG, TRACE AU. BARITE VEIN CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% PB AND LESS THAN 1% MO03. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -113.02492, 33.04897 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 4000 Ft Fault Zone N 30-37 W With Quartz Vein On Footwall And Barite Vein On Hanging Wall; Ne-Sw Sheared Zone Which May Represent A Fault With Tert Volcanics To Nw And Prec Schist To Se. |
| Strike | N 30-37 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 37-50 E |
| Length | 112.78M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1923 |
| District name | Painted Rock District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chief Products Ltd. |
| Home office | Los Angeles, Ca |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rowley, Charles A. |
| First year | 1970 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 563.88M |
| Overall depth | 85.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000321 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040130042 |
WILSON & MILLER, 1974, MINERAL RECORD, V. 5, P. 10-30.
THE MINES HANDBOOK & COPPER HANDBOOK, V. XII-XIV, 1916-1924.
STEWART AND PFISTER, 1960, USBM RI 5651, P. 41-44.
ADMR FILE DATA.
SCARBOROUGH, 1981, ABGMT, UNPUB RECONN MAPPING.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.
BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN IS 5 FT WIDE FOR 370 FT AT 125 FT LEVEL WITH NO GOUGE ON FOOTWALL. BARITE VEIN ON HANGING WALL RANGES FROM 15-30 FT THICK WITH GOUGE SEPARATING IT FROM FRACTURED ANDESITE. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD D000321 WITH RECORD M001909 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003609 OF J.W. HASLER AND TC10329 OF WELLS WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | 6 PATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-92 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 27-APR-95 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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