Bowman Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044781
MRDS ID M232369
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31652, 39.50713 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Near The Dunderberg Shale Contact Jasperoid Formal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31652, 39.50713

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bowman Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRANCHES OF THE BOWMAN NORMAL FAULT HAVE LOCALIZED THE ORE AND SERVED AS PATHWAYS FOR DIKELIKE MASSES OF QUARTZ DIORITE PORPHYRY. THE ORE BODIES ARE IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND PLUNGE AT A SHALLOW ANGLE. THERE ORE ZONES ARE FARTHER ABOVE THE RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE THAN ELSEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Year of first production 1876

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 123, REFERENCE NO 3201100091

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV, USGS PP. 406

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE LOCALIZED BY THE BOWMAN NORMAL FAULT IN FRACTURED PERMEABLE ZONES IN THE DOLOMITE
Deposit THE PROPERTY PRODUCED ORE VALUED AT $51,092 FROM 1876-1892. THE MINE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF THE FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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