The Gowan Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,019 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
Elevation: 4,019 Feet (1,225 Meters)
Primary Mineral: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.26056, -111.42556
Gowan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gowan MineCommodity
Primary: CopperPrimary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Holdings
Workings
Ownership
Production
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
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 PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paleozoic Sandstone Overlies Prec Igneous Rocks, And Is Found On The Hanging Wall Of The Mineralized Vein
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.
Description: Immediately E Of Major Nw-Trending Fault Overlying Sediments Strike N20w, Dip 10n.
Alterations
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
| Comment Type: Location |
Comment: LOCATED NEXT TO EAST VERDE RIVER. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41 (1979) |
| Comment Type: Development |
Comment: OPERATORS INCLUDED GOWAN, B. C. TAYLOR, 11 PATENTED CLAIMS, THREE UNPATENTED AND MILL SITE. |
| Comment Type: Workings |
Comment: APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OF TUNNELS, APPROXIMATELY 250 FT OF SHAFTS, ALSO CONSIDERABLE STOPES AND RAISES. |
| Comment Type: Geology |
Comment: 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
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ADMR GOWAN FILE.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: USBM CLUSTER #1100.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT/USBM PRODUCTION DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL, P. 39.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: 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.
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Reference Category: Other Database
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Reference: CIMRI
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