USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
Rowley Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Theba, Reliance, Rawley, Rainbow
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cu-Pb-Au-Ag-Mo-V-baryte-fluorspar occurrence/mine located in secs. 24 & 25, T4S, R8W, G&SRM;, on the western edge of the Painted Rock Mountains and approximately 27 miles west and north of Gila Bend. Discovered in 1900. Started about 1909. Las…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Chief Products Ltd. · Historical operator
- Rowley, Charles A. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Mimetite
- Anglesite
- Chalcocite
- Covellite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Malachite
- Wulfenite
View all 40 reported minerals
- Mimetite
- Anglesite
- Chalcocite
- Covellite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Malachite
- Wulfenite
- Allophane
- Ammineite
- Anglesite
- Antipinite
- Antlerite
- Aphthitalite
- Ashburtonite
- Atacamite
- Barite
- Baryte
- Bassanite
- Boleite
- Brochantite
- Calcite
- Caledonite
- Celestine
- Cerussite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcedony
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Clinoatacamite
- commodity:Barite (Barytes)
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Mineral specimens
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 3352
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (31)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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