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Mowry Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Antimony
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109889
MRDS ID M899923
Record type Site
Current site name Mowry Mine
Alternate or previous names Patagonia Mine, Enterprise Mine
Related records 10210651

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.704, 31.42847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH 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

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 016E 15 S2 OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES SE OF AMERICAN PEAK, IN SOUTH BASE OF MOWRY HILL. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Manganite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wad Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Highly Sericitized, Brecciated And Stained With Mn And Fe; Feldspars Are Greatly Kaolinized And Altered To Epidote

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUES AVERAGED 4% PB, 3 OZ/TON AG, 25% MN, 12% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.704, 31.42847
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ore Deposits Localized Between West End And Mill Faults, A Distance Of About 1000 Ft
Type of structure Local
Structure description 4 Principal Ore Bodies Are Localized Within 100 Ft. North Of Mowry Fault, Decreasing In Size And Grade To 500 Ft Level Where They Rapidly Pinch Out; Mill Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75E
    Dip 80N
    Length 804.65M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80N
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80N
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North, Or Hanging Wall Side, Or E-W Mowry Fault, As Replacement Bodies In Limestone And As Contact Fissure Deposits Between Limestone And Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOWRY FAULT OFFSET BY WEST END AND EAST END FAULTS; WEST END FAULT BLOCK IS LATERALLY DISPLACED 50 FT TO SOUTH; COPPER AND IRON SULFIDES FIRST ENCOUNTERED ON 400-FT LEVEL; COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GALENA OCCURS IN LENSES AND MASSES EMBEDDED IN MANGANIFEROUS GANGUE; A LARGE ORE BODY AND SEVERAL SHEETS OR VEINS OF MN ARE FOUND AT 150-FT. LEVEL. LACK OF QUARTZ AND ZINC ARE NOTEWORTHY. THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS UNDERLAIN BY A GABBRO INTRUSION AT THE 235 FT LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Discoverer Located In Early 1850'S By Mexicans; Relocated In 1858 And Purchase In 1860 By Lt. Sylvester Mowry
Year of first production 1864
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1967
    Last year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.643HA
    Length 4572M
    Overall depth 152.4M
    Overall length 190.5M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED DIAMOND DRILLING(1954-1955) BY VENTURES LTD. OF CANADA; 15,000 FT OF DRIFTS, RAISES, AND WINZES CONNECTING TO SURFACE BY AT LEAST 6 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED J.W. DOUGLASSS, R.S. EWELL, J.N. MOORE, RANDALL, LORD, DOSS, H.T. TITUS, SILVERBERG AND STEINFELD (1890-1901), GENERAL CARLETON (1862-1864), MOWRY MINES CO. (1904-1907), A.J. HAZELTINE, FISH, STEINFELD AND SWAIN SANTA CRUZ MINES AND SMELTING CO., MITCHELL, STONE, B. LOGAN, K. PETERSON G.M. GRANT, T.LWOODRUFF F. METTER, J.CURTIS, WHITE AND LOVELACE, M. ENCINAS, H. MILLER, F.J. GALLAGHER, SQUIRES, W.J. MITCHELL, STANDARD METALS, CO., MOWRY EXPLORATION CO, SOUTHWEST METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES (1955)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, MOWRY PROPERTY.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, MOWRY MINE.

  • Deposit

    WILT, JAN C., 1979, UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 44 PP.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 296-306.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J.B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 289-293.

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ARIZONA:U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 159-162.

  • Deposit

    PROUT, J.W., 1907, THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE, MOWRY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    BRINSMADE, R.B., 1907, LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF MOWRY, ARIZONA: MINES AND MINERALS, V. 27, NO. 12, P. 529-53.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, MOWRY MINE.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 723.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S
Deposit 21 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 420 ACRES; CROPPINGS EXTEND INTERRUPTEDLY ALONG CONTACT FISSURE FOR MORE THAN 1/2 MILE; DEPOSIT FORMS ALMOST CONTINUOUS TABULAR SHEET ALONG 600 FT STRETCH OCCUPIED BY MINE OPENINGS; ORE SHOOTS OCCUR AT INTERVALS ALONG NE TRENDING VEIN AND PITCH 40-60 SW; SEVERAL DEPOSITS OCCUR AS MANTOS, FOLLOWING LIMESTONE FOR SEVERAL 100 FT BEYOND SHEAR ZONE
Deposit INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030404 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. RECORDS # D000114 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER AND # M030404 BY JOCELYN A. PETERSON HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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