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Gowan Mine, Buckhead Mesa, Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District), Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Gowan MineMine
Buckhead MesaMesa
Payson Mining District (Green Valley Mining District)Mining District
Gila CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 15' 10'' North , 111° 25' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.25278,-111.42556
GeoHash:
G#: 9w0fb7w2u
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
East Verde Estates170 (2017)7.5km
Payson15,345 (2017)9.5km
Oxbow Estates217 (2011)11.0km
Mesa del Caballo765 (2011)12.5km
Pine1,963 (2011)14.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
48582
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48582:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former underground Cu-Au-Ag mine. Discovered 1880. Produced 1932-1940.

Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in the Payson Diorite. It is a wide gold-quartz vein.

Area structures include immediately east of a major NW-trending fault, overlying sediments strike N20W and dip 10N. Paleozoic sandstone overlies Precambrian igneous rockds, and is found on the hanging wall of the mineralized vein.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10109782

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References

Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 120.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Gowan Mine file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Verde Falls Gold Mining Co. file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Payson Gold District Mines Correspondence file.
U.S. Bureau of Mines file data-cluster #1100.
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology production file data.
USGS Buckhead Mesa Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10109782, MRDS ID #M241204; and Dep. I(D #10210111, MAS ID #004070349.
Arizona Mining Journal (1920), May, 1920: 15-18, 55-60.
Lausen, C. & E.D. Wilson (1925), Gold and copper deposits near Payson, Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 120: 7, 39.
Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 184.
Conway, C.M. (1976) Petrology, Structure, and Evolution of a Precambrian Volcanic and Plutonic complex, Tonto Basin, Gila County, Arizona, California Institute of technology PhD thesis.
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