Mine detail: Cowboy Mine

Previously called 'East Cowboy'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.01926, -123.60921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver
Tertiary:	Cobalt, Nickel, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group;Applegate Group
Host type:	Greenstone

References

MRDS	M060661
DEP	10042725
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P. 33.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 186}{Deposit:: SHENNON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 846-B, P. 170}{Deposit:: COURY, ANNY B., ORIGINAL USGS REPORTER}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.