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Bowman Group

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040372
MRDS ID M055102
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Group
Alternate or previous names Tatum Group, Cornucopia, Robbins, Irl Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49432, 33.95729 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 2.6 MILES NW OF IRON DIKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 009E 014 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG W FORK OF SYCAMORE CREEK. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49432, 33.95729
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence, Including Red Rock Rhyolite, Phyllites, And Siltstones.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Jasper Band, Aproximately 50 Meters Wide Cuts Through Dacite Tuff Breccia. Mine Is Near Jasper.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Bowman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS DRIVEN

Comments on development

  • SIX CLAIMS INCLUDE: LOST PACKER NO'S 1-4, SUGAR LOAFNO'S 1+2. OPERATED BY TATUM CO. ; ECON.COM: NO COMMERCIAL GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B.M., BULL. 122, 1927.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS CONTAIN QUARTZ AND SOME CINNABAR . LODE IS LOCATED 150 FT FROM A LARGE JASPER STRATUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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