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Bowman Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045174
MRDS ID M232858
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11787, 39.18131 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 043E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI SE OF VICTORINE VEIN ON CLEAR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11787, 39.18131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOST ROCK IS A BLACK SLATE WITH DARK LIMESTONES AND SOME LIGHTER QUARTZITE BEDS OCCURRING IN A THRUST ZONE SEPARATING THE BROAD CANYON FORMATION BELOW FROM THE ORDOVICIAN AND SILUMAN CARBONATE ROCKS ABOVE. A CROSSCUT ADIT, ABOUT 350 FT IN LENGTH, EXPOSES A MINERALIZED ZONE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS MORE THAN 200 FT WIDE IN CRUMPLED AND SCHISTOSE ROCKS THAT STRIKE NORTH TO N 25DGE E. PYRITE AND IRON OXIDES ARE ABUNDANT IN THE QUARTZ STRINGERS; THE ENTIRE ZONE IS REPORTED TO ASSAY ABOUT 4 OUNCES SILVER AND 0.03 OUNCE GOLD PER TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A CROSSCUT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MINERALIZED ZONE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS MORE THAN 200 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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