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Cowboy Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104065
MRDS ID M241075
Record type Site
Current site name Cowboy Mine
Related records 10136523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.71787, 32.27818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position APPROX 8 MI E OF WILLCOX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Railroad Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 026E 29 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 29. UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Base Metal Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.71787, 32.27818
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Etert Intrusive Rock In Area, Probably Associated With Teviston District Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Reef Mng And Mllng Co, Carter And Robinson, Sanchez Cowboy Mng Co

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 70 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1931 TO 1940.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS ALSO INDLUDED ELMER THOMPSON, JOE BUSENBARK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 72

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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