The Bowman Mine is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1317, -114.02500
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Bowman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bowman Mine
Secondary: Dishman
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka 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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. N. Bowman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Leesburg Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite, Chlorite, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S. SLOPE BALDY MOUNTAIN, 700 FT. ABOVE PERREAU CREEK.
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, NUMEROUS CURS AND SHALLOW OPENINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1925 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SALMON, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 774 , 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON C.P. ROSS, BULL. 774
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113
Reference (Production): SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113
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