Mine detail: Cowboy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.63324, -119.16765

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Lead, Silver
Ore:	Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941

Geology

Host type:	Marble
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	D001272
DEP	10008832
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75}{Deposit:: JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBM}{Deposit:: STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Royse, Sue E., Mosier, Dan