Mine detail: Bowman Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.50713, -118.31652

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Ore:	Anglesite, Plumbojarosite
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1876

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1876

Geology

Host rock:	Hamburg Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ruby Hill Thrust Zone, Bowman Normal Fault
Alteration processes:	Near The Dunderberg Shale Contact Jasperoid Formal

References

MRDS	M232369
DEP	10044781
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 123, REFERENCE NO 3201100091}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV, USGS PP. 406}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.