The Bowman Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,759 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: 6,759 Feet (2,060 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.50722, -118.31556
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Bowman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bowman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
Type: L
Description: Bowman Normal Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Near The Dunderberg Shale Contact Jasperoid Formal
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BRANCHES OF THE BOWMAN NORMAL FAULT HAVE LOCALIZED THE ORE AND SERVED AS PATHWAYS FOR DIKELIKE MASSES OF QUARTZ DIORITE PORPHYRY. THE ORE BODIES ARE IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND PLUNGE AT A SHALLOW ANGLE. THERE ORE ZONES ARE FARTHER ABOVE THE RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE THAN ELSEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY PRODUCED ORE VALUED AT $51,092 FROM 1876-1892. THE MINE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF THE FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M
Comment (Deposit): ORE LOCALIZED BY THE BOWMAN NORMAL FAULT IN FRACTURED PERMEABLE ZONES IN THE DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 123, REFERENCE NO 3201100091
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV, USGS PP. 406
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
