Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015946
MRDS ID DC00016
MAS/MILS ID 80130131
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonanza No 2, Bonanza # 2, Bananza (misspelled)
Related records 10117145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47111, 39.984 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Shaft shown but not labeled on topo. On shared section line Secs. 5 and 8. At 8,075 ft, 1,700 ft. N72E of Cross shaft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 72W 05, 08 SW4 or SE4, NW4 of NE4, on section line Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW QTZFERBERITE VEINS IN GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1907-1919, 1923-1929, intermittent to 1944.

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wolf Tongue Mining Co.
    Year 1953
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Bodnar Brothers (M. Bodnar)
    Home office George A. Bodnar and Michael Bodnar 500 Grant Ave. Louisville, CO
    Year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cold Spring Tungsten, Inc.
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bodnar Brothers
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO BOM 1954 LIST

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

  • Deposit

    Sharps, 1965, Tungsten in Colorado: Colo. Sch. of Mines Mineral Ind. Bull., v. 8, no. 5, 16 p.

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO[sitory] # 405007

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245, p. 155-156.

  • Deposit

    DMEA, 1953, Docket # DMEA-3014. http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/co/dmea/3014_DMEA.pdf

  • Deposit

    Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board, 1960, Tungsten Mines of Colorado.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1972-07-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey also DC00098 = 10015981
Editor 2007-05-24 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-19 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130131 = 10117145, 0080130092 = 10190721

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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