Mine detail: Cowhide Mine

Previously called 'Cowhide Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.42439, -117.73398

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay, Talc-Soapstone
Gangue:	Calcite, Garnet, Quartz, Tremolite
Other material:	Chlorite, Talc
Discovery year:	1939

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wyman; Reed Dolomite
Host type:	Hornfels,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Steeply-Dipping Faults
Alteration processes:	Strongly Sheared And Hydrothermally Altered Diorite

References

MRDS	M242067
DEP	10046850
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 35-3}{Production:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 36.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)