| Deposit ID | 10014823 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011792 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonanza Mine |
| Related records | 10248092 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.34499, 35.44256 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1993 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 13.6 MILES S 35 W OF LAS VEGAS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tecolote(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Villanueva(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 015E | 15,16 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Glorieta Sandstone | ||||
| Rock description | Glorieta Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.34499, 35.44256 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault And The Serafina Monocline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1905 |
| District name | Tecolote District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011792 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 120-121
HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62
SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39
JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
LINDGREN, GRATON & GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 120-121
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS MAINLY AS MALACHITE WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF AZURITE. THE ORE RUNS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE ORE AT THE BLAKE MINE BUT IS MORE POCKETY. THE ORE GRADE RANGES FROM 1.5 TO 5.0 PERCENT COPPER. THE COPPER OCCURS MAINLY IN THE CALCITE AND DOLOMITE IN NARROW BANDS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, GIVING THE ORE A STRIPED APPEARANCE. THE ORE TENDS TO BE FOUND IN THE FINER-GRAINED MATERIAL NEXT TO COARSER LAYERS OF ROCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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