| Deposit ID | 10026758 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000097 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cowboy Mine |
| Related records | 10210438 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.15652, 31.87234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1273 |
| Relative position | 6 MI SW OF TWIN BUTTES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Batamote Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 012E | 07,08,17,18 | S OF CENTER (07); SE4 (08); NW4 (17); NE4 (18) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -111.15652, 31.87234 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Near N60e, 75 Se Fault That Offsets Granodiorite-Diorite Contact |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pima District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cowboy Mining And Smelting Co |
| Year | 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.3 Oz/T Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000097 |
COOPER, 1960, USGS BULL 1112-C
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
ABM FILE DATA
KEITH, 1974
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS WEAK AND SPOTTY |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000097 WITH RE CORD M030540 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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