Gowan Mine

The Gowan Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,019 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gowan Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Paleozoic Sandstone Overlies Prec Igneous Rocks, And Is Found On The Hanging Wall Of The Mineralized Vein

Type: L
Description: Immediately E Of Major Nw-Trending Fault Overlying Sediments Strike N20w, Dip 10n.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED NEXT TO EAST VERDE RIVER. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41 (1979)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED GOWAN, B. C. TAYLOR, 11 PATENTED CLAIMS, THREE UNPATENTED AND MILL SITE.

Comment (Workings): APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OF TUNNELS, APPROXIMATELY 250 FT OF SHAFTS, ALSO CONSIDERABLE STOPES AND RAISES.

Comment (Geology): TAPEATS SANDSTONE (CAMB) OVERLIES DEPOSIT. WILSON MAPS BOTH OVERLYING SYCAMORE CREEK SANDSTONE (DEV), AND REDWALL LIMESTONE (CARBONIFEROUS). NO RECENT DETAILED MAPPING, SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY NO MINERALIZATION IN OVERLYING SEDIMENTS. FAULT ASSOCIATED WITH DEPOSIT CUTS SEDIMENTS, BUT IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT MINERALIZATION WAS PRECAMBRIAN AND FAULT WAS A REACTIVATION OF A PRECAMBRIAN NW-TRENDING SHEAR. THIS IS THE ONLY MINE IN THE COUNTY AT WHICH THERE IS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE FOR POST PRECAMBRIAN MINERALIZATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR GOWAN FILE.

Reference (Deposit): USBM CLUSTER #1100.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL, P. 39.

Reference (Deposit): CONWAY, C.M., 1976, PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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