The Bowman Group is a mercury mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.95722, -111.49361
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Bowman Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bowman Group
Secondary: Tatum Group
Secondary: Cornucopia
Secondary: Robbins
Secondary: Irl Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Mazatzal Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: E. H. Bowman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence, Including Red Rock Rhyolite, Phyllites, And Siltstones.
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Jasper Band, Aproximately 50 Meters Wide Cuts Through Dacite Tuff Breccia. Mine Is Near Jasper.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): SIX CLAIMS INCLUDE: LOST PACKER NO'S 1-4, SUGAR LOAFNO'S 1+2. OPERATED BY TATUM CO. ; ECON.COM: NO COMMERCIAL GRADE ORE
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS CONTAIN QUARTZ AND SOME CINNABAR . LODE IS LOCATED 150 FT FROM A LARGE JASPER STRATUM.
Comment (Location): ALONG W FORK OF SYCAMORE CREEK. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS DRIVEN
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B.M., BULL. 122, 1927.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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