Cowboy Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Mercury, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046325
MRDS ID M241236
Record type Site
Current site name Cowboy Mine
Related records 10282943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.84652, 33.13148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1061
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN MOUNTAIN (ELEVATION 4417)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 015E 31 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Malachite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron And Manganese Oxides Commonly Stain Vein Material

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.84652, 33.13148

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Faults Trhough Area, Fault Closest To Mine Nne, Diabase Intrusion To South, Mescal Limestone And Dripping Springs Quartzite To North
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike, Nne Trending Faults. Mescal Limestone Strikes Nw, Dips 10-15 S Or Se

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 80 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Contact With Diabase, In Dike And Along Its Contact With Mescal Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS IN COARSE WIRE FORM AND OCCURS IN POCKETS, PARTICULARLY WHERE VEIN IS IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • ABGMT-USBM FILE DOES NOT INCLUDE EARLY PRODUCTION OR PRODUCTION PAST 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, SEVERAL PITS, ONE SHAFT IS 50 FT DEEP, WITH 250 FT TUNNEL. TWO SHAFTS 50 AND 75 FT DEEP WERE PRESENT IN 1923

Comments on development

  • CW MCGRAW, OPERATOR IN 1923, DRIPPING SPRINGS CO WAS A PREVIOUS OWNER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1923 RAY FOLIO GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S, USGS, P. 23

  • Deposit

    ADMR COWBOY MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ, 1442, 1978

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE OCCUPIED BY RHYODACITE DIKE, OTHER CROSS CUTTING SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 25 E
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD # D000091 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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