Mine detail: Cowden Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2981'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.97487, -118.67212

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite,Basalt
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Yes

References

MRDS	M232648
DEP	10044997
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC 6995}{Production:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D.