| Deposit ID | 10046325 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241236 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cowboy Mine |
| Related records | 10282943 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.84652, 33.13148 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1061 |
| Relative position | 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN MOUNTAIN (ELEVATION 4417) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 003S | 015E | 31 | NE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ankerite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Mescal Limestone |
| Rock description | Mescal Limestone |
| (1) | -110.84652, 33.13148 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-S Trending Faults Trhough Area, Fault Closest To Mine Nne, Diabase Intrusion To South, Mescal Limestone And Dripping Springs Quartzite To North |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W Trending Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike, Nne Trending Faults. Mescal Limestone Strikes Nw, Dips 10-15 S Or Se |
| Strike | N 80 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 S |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| District name | Dripping Springs District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241236 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070269 |
RANSOME, F. L., 1923 RAY FOLIO GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S, USGS, P. 23
ADMR COWBOY MINES FILE
USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ, 1442, 1978
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE OCCUPIED BY RHYODACITE DIKE, OTHER CROSS CUTTING SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 25 E |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RECORD # D000091 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1982 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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