Bowling Green Mine

The Bowling Green Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: Bowling Green Mine
Secondary: Lucky Spur Group

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1923
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21 % Pb, 16 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.5 % Cu, Minor Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Comment (Deposit): LARGELY OXIDIZED ORE IN A QUARTZ - SULFIDE POCKET

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT OPERATIONS

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 8

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975

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