The Cowboy Mine is a gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,481 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: 3,481 Feet (1,061 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.13139, -110.84583
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Cowboy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cowboy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Dripping Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1925
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: N-S Trending Faults Trhough Area, Fault Closest To Mine Nne, Diabase Intrusion To South, Mescal Limestone And Dripping Springs Quartzite To North
Type: L
Description: E-W Trending Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike, Nne Trending Faults. Mescal Limestone Strikes Nw, Dips 10-15 S Or Se
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron And Manganese Oxides Commonly Stain Vein Material
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Ankerite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM FILE DOES NOT INCLUDE EARLY PRODUCTION OR PRODUCTION PAST 1919
Comment (Development): CW MCGRAW, OPERATOR IN 1923, DRIPPING SPRINGS CO WAS A PREVIOUS OWNER
Comment (Workings): TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, SEVERAL PITS, ONE SHAFT IS 50 FT DEEP, WITH 250 FT TUNNEL. TWO SHAFTS 50 AND 75 FT DEEP WERE PRESENT IN 1923
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE OCCUPIED BY RHYODACITE DIKE, OTHER CROSS CUTTING SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 25 E
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS IN COARSE WIRE FORM AND OCCURS IN POCKETS, PARTICULARLY WHERE VEIN IS IN LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RECORD # D000091 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1923 RAY FOLIO GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S, USGS, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): ADMR COWBOY MINES FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ, 1442, 1978
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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