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Bonanza Hills

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002116
MRDS ID A013007
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Hills
Alternate or previous names VABM Trail

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.60661, 60.81443 (WGS84)
Relative position Along an unnamed N-NW flowing tributary of the Mulchatna River, about 5.6 km north of the juncture of Glacier Creek with Bonanza Creek. This is aproximately locality 8 of Nelson and others (1985) and locality 179 of Eakins and others (1978). SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 6, T. 8 N., R. 30 W., of the Seward Meridian. Locality accurate within 500 m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Clark D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lake Clark NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Clark C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mulchatna River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive sericitic and silic alteration of the quartz monzonite (Nokleberg and others, 1997).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 71.3
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Biotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.60661, 60.81443
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The site includes: narrow zones of en echelon arsenopyrite and stibnite-bearing quartz veins in shale and sandstone country rock adjacent to a small quartz monzonite plutons and dacite porphyry. The extensive sericitic and silic altered quartz monzonite is one of the numerous small intrusive bodies found in the central part of the Lake Clark 1:250,000 scale quadrangle mapped and identified by Eakins and others (1978); (Nelson and others, 1983, unit TKi5). One of these plutons yielded a potassium-argon biotite age of 71.3 +/- 2.1 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978). The plutons intrude Lower Cretaceous shale and sandstone, part of the regionally extensive Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous flysch (Nokleberg and others, 1997).? Anomalous stream sediment concentrates near small intrusive bodies containing disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite. Eakins and others (1978) reported pan concentrates that yield anomalous gold (70 ppm), tin (1,000 ppm), and tungsten (2,000 ppm).
  • Age = Rocks of the quartz monzonite unit yielded a potassium-argon biotite age of 71.3 +/- 2.1 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978). Thus the veins in the host rock aer Late Cretaceous or younger.
  • Age = Chron age is for host rock ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No production

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = No reserves

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Pan concentrates yield anomalous 70 ppm Au, 1,000 ppm Sn, and 2,000 ppm W (Eakins and others, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eakins and others, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Deposit Other Comments = None.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUN-1998 M.L. Miller U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-JUN-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey

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