Mine detail: Bowman Mine

Previously called 'Dishman'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.13159, -114.02592

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1908

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Phyllite
Structure:	Leesburg Syncline
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Chlorite, Oxidation

References

MRDS	W013519
DEP	10105647
Reference	{Deposit:: SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1925 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SALMON, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 774 , 44 P.}{Deposit:: 1925 RECON C.P. ROSS, BULL. 774}{Deposit:: 1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113}{Production:: SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)