| Deposit ID | 10014216 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010888 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sally Bowman Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claims: Sallie Bowman, MS 11511, Morse, MS 11512 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.68786, 37.64445 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2621 |
| Relative position | 11 MILES S 5 W FROM SILVERTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Snowdon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas(hydrologic unit)
Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
San Juan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 039N | 007W | 18 | NW OF SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SCOTT'S (1983) ANALYSES OF SAMPLES: PYRITE, QUARTZ, AND SULFIDE STAIN FROM FAULT ZONE AT UPPER PORTAL CONTAINED 0.6 OZ/TON AG |
|---|---|
| Result | LIMONITE, PYRITE, AND QUARTZ FROM UPPER DUMP CONTAINED 1.0 OZ/TON AG AND 0.022 OZ/TON AU |
| Result | PYRITE, QUARTZ, LIMONITE AND SULFIDE STAIN FROM FAULT ZONE AT LOWER ADIT CONTAINED 0.3 OZ/TON AG |
| Result | PYRITE, QUARTZ, AND SULFIDE STAIN FROM LOWER DUMP CONTAINED 0.5 OZ/TON AG. |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Eolus Granite;Tenmile Granite |
| Rock description | Eolus Granite;Tenmile Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Irving Formation |
| Rock description | Irving Formation |
| (1) | -107.68786, 37.64445 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Uplift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Needle Mtns Uplift, Eolus Batholith, Tenmile Stock |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Discoverer | Treasury Consolidated Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant) |
| District name | Needleton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | San Juan N. F. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010888 |
SCOTT, D.C., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEST NEEDLE WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE BLM WEST NEEDLE CONTIGOUS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PLATA AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 35-83, P. 9, 19-20.
CROSS, WHITMAN, AND OTHERS, 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEEDLE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS FOLIO 131.
BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 11511, 11512
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN VEIN IN A PRESUMABLY WNW-TRENDING FAULT ZONE CUTTING ACROSS GENERALLY NE TREND OF GNEISSIC FOLIATION IN IRVING FM. EOLUS BATHOLITH LOCATED 1.5 MILES TO EAST, AND TENMILE STOCK IMMEDIATELY TO NORTH. |
| Deposit | PATENTED CLAIMS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO ANIMAS DISTRICT, BUT PROPERTY IS SUFFICIENTLY REMOVED AND OF DIFFERENT MINERALIZED CHARACTER FROM ANIMAS DISTRICT PROPER THAT IT IS ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO NEEDLETON AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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