| Deposit ID | 10044781 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232369 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bowman Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.31652, 39.50713 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2060 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 15 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite |
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite |
| (1) | -118.31652, 39.50713 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ruby Hill Thrust Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Bowman Normal Fault |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Year of first production | 1876 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232369 |
ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 123, REFERENCE NO 3201100091
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV, USGS PP. 406
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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