Cowboy Mine

The Cowboy Mine is a gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,481 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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