The Cowboy Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,177 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,177 Feet (1,273 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.87222, -111.15583
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Cowboy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cowboy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cowboy Mining And Smelting Co
Production
Year: 1947
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.3 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Near N60e, 75 Se Fault That Offsets Granodiorite-Diorite Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR OR IN ESPERANZA OPEN PIT
Comment (Production): DEVELOPED IN 1917-1919, MINED IN 1947
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS WEAK AND SPOTTY
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): DIORITE IS ALTERED
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000097 WITH RE CORD M030540 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1960, USGS BULL 1112-C
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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