Mine detail: Cowboy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.13148, -110.84652

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Mercury, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum
Ore:	Ankerite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Hemimorphite, Jarosite, Malachite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Diabase,Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	N-S Trending Faults Trhough Area, Fault Closest To Mine Nne, Diabase Intrusion To South, Mescal Limestone And Dripping Springs Quartzite To North, E-W Trending Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike, Nne Trending Faults. Mescal Limestone Strikes Nw, Dips 10-15 S Or Se
Alteration processes:	Iron And Manganese Oxides Commonly Stain Vein Material

References

MRDS	M241236
DEP	10046325
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., 1923 RAY FOLIO GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S, USGS, P. 23}{Deposit:: ADMR COWBOY MINES FILE}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ, 1442, 1978}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Fischer, Richard P.