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Bowling Green Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102394
MRDS ID M000182
Record type Site
Current site name Bowling Green Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Spur Group
Related records 10113425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.84151, 31.59402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF PATAGONIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 015E 17,20 CENTER BORDER BETWEEN (17) AND (20) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.84151, 31.59402
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Tyndall District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^21 % Pb, 16 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.5 % Cu, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 452g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 21wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 8

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGELY OXIDIZED ORE IN A QUARTZ - SULFIDE POCKET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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