| Deposit ID | 10008832 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001272 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cowboy Mine |
| Related records | 10271146 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.16765, 38.63324 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2198 |
| Relative position | 4 MI. W OF ROCKLAND MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lyon(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Etna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
West Walker(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lyon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 09N | 025E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGED 0.5% WO3 |
|---|
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| (1) | -119.16765, 38.63324 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| District name | Wilson District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1941 - 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001272 |
MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBM
STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49
MOORE, 1969
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTACT ZONE |
| Deposit | IN 1941, 10 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED; IN 1943, 112 TONS AVERAGING 0.79% WO3. DURING 1963, THE MINE PRODUCED SOME LEAD ORE WHICH CONTAINED RECOVERABLE PB AND AG. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 3 ADITS, DRIFTS, A 30-FT INCLINED WINZE, NUMEROUS SMALL CUTS AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Elliott, James E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 09-JUN-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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