Cowboy Mine

Gila County, Arizona, United States

GoldSilverLeadCopperMercuryZincVanadiumMolybdenum

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Commodities

PrimaryGold

SecondarySilver, Lead

TertiaryCopper, Mercury, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsUnderground

Ore controlAlong Contact With Diabase, In Dike And Along Its Contact With Mescal Limestone

Materials

Ore mineralsAnkerite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Hemimorphite, Jarosite, Malachite, Wulfenite

GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockDiabase,Limestone · Mescal Limestone

Associated rockRhyodacite

StructureN-S Trending Faults Trhough Area, Fault Closest To Mine Nne, Diabase Intrusion To South, Mescal Limestone And Dripping Springs Quartzite To North, E-W Trending Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike, Nne Trending Faults. Mescal Limestone Strikes Nw, Dips 10-15 S Or Se

AlterationIron And Manganese Oxides Commonly Stain Vein Material

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1895

Last production1925

Identification

Deposit ID10046325

MRDS IDM241236

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates33.13148, -110.84652

References

RANSOME, F. L., 1923 RAY FOLIO GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S, USGS, P. 23ADMR COWBOY MINES FILEUSGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ, 1442, 1978ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA