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Solitary and Big Bonanza Mine

Occurrence in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009722
MRDS ID D002861
Record type Site
Current site name Solitary and Big Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Solitary, Big Bonanza, Little David

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10782, 39.43388 (WGS84)
Elevation 3810
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 078W 15,16,21,22 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10782, 39.43388
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Blue River

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS PORPHYRY DIKES. VEINS ARE NARROW FILLINGS IN FAULT FISSURES. VEINS TREND N-NE MOSTLY, BUT ALSO NW. SEE USGS BULL. 970 FOR DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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