Mine detail: Bowman Mine

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.50713, -118.31652
dep_id: 10044781
mrds_id: M232369
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Plumbojarosite
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
alteration: Near The Dunderberg Shale Contact Jasperoid Formal
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Fractured Permeable Zones In The Dolomite
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone, Bowman Normal Fault
Year first produced: 1876
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1876
References:
  • 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
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