Bowman Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105647
MRDS ID W013519
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Mine
Alternate or previous names Dishman
Related records 10241567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02592, 45.13159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 7 MILES SW OF SALMON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 021E 19,30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SLOPE BALDY MOUNTAIN, 700 FT. ABOVE PERREAU CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Chlorite, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02592, 45.13159

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Leesburg Syncline

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 55 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Trending N 70 Deg W, Dipping 50 - 60 Deg N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Ora Dishman And Thomas P. Snook

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. N. Bowman

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, NUMEROUS CURS AND SHALLOW OPENINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1925 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SALMON, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 774 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON C.P. ROSS, BULL. 774

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113

  • Production

    SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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