Mine detail: Gowan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.26062, -111.42628

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1932
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Payson Diorite
Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock,Granite
Structure:	Paleozoic Sandstone Overlies Prec Igneous Rocks, And Is Found On The Hanging Wall Of The Mineralized Vein, Immediately E Of Major Nw-Trending Fault Overlying Sediments Strike N20w, Dip 10n.

References

MRDS	M241204
DEP	10109782
Reference	{Deposit:: ADMR GOWAN FILE.}{Deposit:: USBM CLUSTER #1100.}{Deposit:: ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION DATA.}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL, P. 39.}{Deposit:: CONWAY, C.M., 1976, PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A., Orris, Greta J.