Rowley Mine

The Rowley Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rowley Mine
Secondary: Reliance
Secondary: Rawley
Secondary: Theba
Secondary: Rainbow

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Painted Rock District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Rowley, Charles A.
Years: 1970 -

Owner Name: Chief Products Ltd.
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1923
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: 4000 Ft Fault Zone N 30-37 W With Quartz Vein On Footwall And Barite Vein On Hanging Wall; Ne-Sw Sheared Zone Which May Represent A Fault With Tert Volcanics To Nw And Prec Schist To Se.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Products Of Massive Sulfides In Barite Vein

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGES LESS THAN 1% CU, 1 OZ/T AG, TRACE AU. BARITE VEIN CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% PB AND LESS THAN 1% MO03.

Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Mimetite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): BEAUTIFUL WULFENITE CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. OFTEN THE WULFENITE CRYSTALS HAVE DECORATIVE RED BALLS OF MIMETITE. THE SULFENITE IS LARGELY HEMIMORPHIC.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED RELIANCE MINING CO AND SAN CARLOS COPPER MINES CO (1927), 11 CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): 6 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IS 5 FT WIDE FOR 370 FT AT 125 FT LEVEL WITH NO GOUGE ON FOOTWALL. BARITE VEIN ON HANGING WALL RANGES FROM 15-30 FT THICK WITH GOUGE SEPARATING IT FROM FRACTURED ANDESITE.

Comment (Workings): 292 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 700 FT CROSSCUTS & DRIFTS. MAIN VERTICAL S HAFT 280 FT DEEP (1918). 160 FT INCLINED SHAFT NOW BACKFILLED TO 100 F T LEVEL. WATER AND BACKFILL IN MINE NOW TO 100 FT LEVEL.

Comment (Geology): ANDESITE ALSO REPORTED AS CRET.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD D000321 WITH RECORD M001909 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003609 OF J.W. HASLER AND TC10329 OF WELLS WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): SCARBOROUGH, 1981, ABGMT, UNPUB RECONN MAPPING.

Reference (Deposit): STEWART AND PFISTER, 1960, USBM RI 5651, P. 41-44.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINES HANDBOOK & COPPER HANDBOOK, V. XII-XIV, 1916-1924.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON & MILLER, 1974, MINERAL RECORD, V. 5, P. 10-30.

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