Description
Located In Early 1850'S By Mexicans; Relocated In 1858 And Purchase In 1860 By Lt. Sylvester Mowry
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Zinc, Manganese
TertiaryMolybdenum, Vanadium, Antimony, Beryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNorth, Or Hanging Wall Side, Or E-W Mowry Fault, As Replacement Bodies In Limestone And As Contact Fissure Deposits Between Limestone And Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsBindheimite, Chalcopyrite, Manganite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Vanadinite, Wad, Wulfenite
GangueHematite, Jarosite, Kaolin
Other materialsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureOre Deposits Localized Between West End And Mill Faults, A Distance Of About 1000 Ft, 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
Tectonic settingMowry Mine Fault Block Downthrow To North
AlterationLimestone Is Highly Sericitized, Brecciated And Stained With Mn And Fe; Feldspars Are Greatly Kaolinized And Altered To Epidote
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1864
Last production1952
Discovery year1855
Identification
Deposit ID10109889
MRDS IDM899923
Alternate namesPatagonia Mine, Enterprise Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.42847, -110.704
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.USBM FILES, MOWRY PROPERTY.ADMR FILE DATA, MOWRY MINE.WILT, JAN C., 1979, UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.SMITH, G.E., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF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.SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 296-306.TENNEY, J.B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 289-293.SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 81.ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHFARNHAM, 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.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.BRINSMADE, R.B., 1907, LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF MOWRY, ARIZONA: MINES AND MINERALS, V. 27, NO. 12, P. 529-53.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, MOWRY MINE.BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 723.