Mowry Mine

The Mowry Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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: Mowry Mine
Secondary: Patagonia Mine
Secondary: Enterprise Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Beryllium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Coronado National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Mining And Smelting Co.
Years: 1967 - 1970

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1855
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ore Deposits Localized Between West End And Mill Faults, A Distance Of About 1000 Ft

Type: L
Description: 4 Principal Ore Bodies Are Localized Within 100 Ft. North Of Mowry Fault, Decreasing In Size And Grade To 500 Ft Level Where They Rapidly Pinch Out; Mill Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Is Highly Sericitized, Brecciated And Stained With Mn And Fe; Feldspars Are Greatly Kaolinized And Altered To Epidote

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED 4% PB, 3 OZ/TON AG, 25% MN, 12% FE

Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Kaolin
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 21 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 420 ACRES; CROPPINGS EXTEND INTERRUPTEDLY ALONG CONTACT FISSURE FOR MORE THAN 1/2 MILE; DEPOSIT FORMS ALMOST CONTINUOUS TABULAR SHEET ALONG 600 FT STRETCH OCCUPIED BY MINE OPENINGS; ORE SHOOTS OCCUR AT INTERVALS ALONG NE TRENDING VEIN AND PITCH 40-60 SW; SEVERAL DEPOSITS OCCUR AS MANTOS, FOLLOWING LIMESTONE FOR SEVERAL 100 FT BEYOND SHEAR ZONE

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED DIAMOND DRILLING(1954-1955) BY VENTURES LTD. OF CANADA; 15,000 FT OF DRIFTS, RAISES, AND WINZES CONNECTING TO SURFACE BY AT LEAST 6 SHAFTS

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030404 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. RECORDS # D000114 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER AND # M030404 BY JOCELYN A. PETERSON HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Geology): MOWRY FAULT OFFSET BY WEST END AND EAST END FAULTS; WEST END FAULT BLOCK IS LATERALLY DISPLACED 50 FT TO SOUTH; COPPER AND IRON SULFIDES FIRST ENCOUNTERED ON 400-FT LEVEL; COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GALENA OCCURS IN LENSES AND MASSES EMBEDDED IN MANGANIFEROUS GANGUE; A LARGE ORE BODY AND SEVERAL SHEETS OR VEINS OF MN ARE FOUND AT 150-FT. LEVEL. LACK OF QUARTZ AND ZINC ARE NOTEWORTHY. THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS UNDERLAIN BY A GABBRO INTRUSION AT THE 235 FT LEVEL.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S

Comment (Location): 1.5 MILES SE OF AMERICAN PEAK, IN SOUTH BASE OF MOWRY HILL. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED J.W. DOUGLASSS, R.S. EWELL, J.N. MOORE, RANDALL, LORD, DOSS, H.T. TITUS, SILVERBERG AND STEINFELD (1890-1901), GENERAL CARLETON (1862-1864), MOWRY MINES CO. (1904-1907), A.J. HAZELTINE, FISH, STEINFELD AND SWAIN SANTA CRUZ MINES AND SMELTING CO., MITCHELL, STONE, B. LOGAN, K. PETERSON G.M. GRANT, T.LWOODRUFF F. METTER, J.CURTIS, WHITE AND LOVELACE, M. ENCINAS, H. MILLER, F.J. GALLAGHER, SQUIRES, W.J. MITCHELL, STANDARD METALS, CO., MOWRY EXPLORATION CO, SOUTHWEST METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES (1955)

References

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ARIZONA:U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 159-162.

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 723.

Reference (Deposit): PROUT, J.W., 1907, THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE, MOWRY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 18 P.

Reference (Deposit): BRINSMADE, R.B., 1907, LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF MOWRY, ARIZONA: MINES AND MINERALS, V. 27, NO. 12, P. 529-53.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, MOWRY MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, MOWRY PROPERTY.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, MOWRY MINE.

Reference (Deposit): WILT, JAN C., 1979, UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G.E., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 44 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 296-306.

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 289-293.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 81.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

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