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Bonney Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010007
MRDS ID D003347
Record type Site
Current site name Bonney Mine
Alternate or previous names Banner Mine, Bonnie Mine: Bonney Group, Manila-Misers Chest,, Claims Patented In 1917, Lone, Teddy, Cochise, Shoo Fly, Sunrise: Manilla Group, Unpatented Claims, Manilla, Bonney Extension, Copper Dick, Mulberry, Happy Hooligan, Red Copper, Blue Copper, Green Copper
Related records 10174238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.76146, 32.29818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MILES S 42 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 019W 14,23 SE (14); NE (23) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE BONNEY MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic And Chloritic Alteration Is Common.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.76146, 32.29818
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Striking Vein Set.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 70 TO 90 NW
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 750M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Federal Resources Corp.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Banner Mining Co.
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE FROM BONNEY AND MISERS CHEST MINES (1935-1954) 3.3% CU, 106 G/T AG, 3.1 G/T AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. THE NO. 2 SHAFT IS ABOUT 2000 FT. DEEP AND CONTAINS MORE THAN 10000 FT. OF DRIFTS ON EIGHT WORKING LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 48-51, PLATES 3, 14, 17, 18 AND 19.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88

  • Deposit

    FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE STRIKE OF THE VEIN IS N 50 E AND WIDTH RANGES FROM 2 TO 25 FT.. FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1591 COVERING 96.511 ACRES AND EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1913.
Deposit VALUE - 1904-1931 - $890,000, 1935-1954 - $17,000,000; 15 MILLION POUNDS CU PRODUCED. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D002966 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-77 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

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