The Cowboy is a mine located in Shasta county, California.
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Mine Info
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Cowboy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cowboy
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: East Shasta Copper-Zinc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU 50 - 1,350 PPM, ZN 70 - 230 PPM, PB 0 - 40 PPM
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): HEAVILY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, SOME PLACES MINOR CHALCOPYRITE IN SILICEOUS MATRIX, ON THE DUMPS.
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL PITS. DRILL HOLE CUT 13 FT. OF ROCK CONTAINING 1.2 - 11.9 % ZN.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BULLY HILL RHYOLITE STRONGLY IRON STAINED, ROCKS LOCALLY ARE WEAKLY SCHISTOSE AND STRIKE NORTHWEST AND DIP STEEPLY SOUTHWEST.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT LIES NEAR AXIS OF AFTERTHOUGHT ANTICLINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J. P., AND ROBERTSON, J. F., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EAST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 338 , PG. 101 - 10
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