Mine detail: Bowie Zeolite Deposit

Previously called 'Bowie Chabazite Deposit'

Location:	Cochise, Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.45012, -109.36734
dep_id:	60000392
mrds_id:	D011826
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Zeolites
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	171: Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of saline, alkaline-lake depos
Structure:	SAN SIMON VALLEY
Year first produced:	1962
disc_yr:	1875
discr:	Oscar Lowe
References:	Deposit:: EYDE, T.H., 1978, ABGMT: V. 8, NO. 4, P. 1-5. Deposit:: SHEPPARD, R.A., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 465-466. Deposit:: SHEPPARD, R.A., GUDE, A.J., 3D, AND EDSON, G.M., 1978, IN SAND, L.B., AND MUMPTON, F.A., EDS., NATURAL ZEOLITES-OCCURRENCE, PROPERTIES, AND USE: OXFORD AND NEW YORK, PERGAMON PRESS, P. 319-328. Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P. Deposit:: EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1987, THE BOWIE CHABAZITE DEPOSIT, IN PEIRCE, H.W., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 133. Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.