Mine detail: Mowry Mine

Previously called 'Patagonia MineEnterprise Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.42847, -110.704

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Manganese
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Vanadium, Antimony, Beryllium
Ore:	Bindheimite, Chalcopyrite, Manganite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Vanadinite, Wad, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Discovery year:	1855

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1864
Last production ended:	1952

Geology

Host rock:	Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Ore Deposits Localized Between West End And Mill Faults, A Distance Of About 1000 Ft, 4 Principal Ore Bodies Are Localized Within 100 Ft. North Of Mowry Fault, Decreasing In Size And Grade To 500 Ft Level Where They Rapidly Pinch Out; Mill Fault
Tectonic:	Mowry Mine Fault Block Downthrow To North
Alteration processes:	Limestone Is Highly Sericitized, Brecciated And Stained With Mn And Fe; Feldspars Are Greatly Kaolinized And Altered To Epidote

References

MRDS	M899923
DEP	10109889
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, MOWRY PROPERTY.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, MOWRY MINE.}{Deposit:: WILT, JAN C., 1979, UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 44 PP.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 296-306.}{Deposit:: TENNEY, J.B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 289-293.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 81.}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ARIZONA:U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 159-162.}{Deposit:: PROUT, J.W., 1907, THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE, MOWRY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 18 P.}{Deposit:: BRINSMADE, R.B., 1907, LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF MOWRY, ARIZONA: MINES AND MINERALS, V. 27, NO. 12, P. 529-53.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, MOWRY MINE.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 723.}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.