The Cowboy Mine is a silver, copper, gold, and zinc mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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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:
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 42.01944, -123.60806
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Cowboy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cowboy Mine
Secondary: East Cowboy
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo
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.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1900-1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^14 Cu, 0.03 Au, Tr. Ag
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1900-1940
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 0.03 Oz/Ton Au, Trace Ag
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1900-1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^14 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 15.1 -18.65% CU, .24% ZN, .15% CO, AS .11%, 0.11% NI, .08 OZ/TON AU, 8 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cobaltite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cubanite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ROUNDED LUMPS OF MASSIVE SULPHIDE IN 6-8 FT. WIDE FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): ADITS TOTAL 2000, WINZES, PIT
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M013259) AND (W000687) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
Comment (Location): NE 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 186
Reference (Deposit): SHENNON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 846-B, P. 170
Reference (Deposit): COURY, ANNY B., ORIGINAL USGS REPORTER
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P. 33.
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