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Bonanza

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028938
MRDS ID M006214
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza
Related records 10259741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75073, 38.25102 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR MURRAY CREEK, 5 MI. NE OF SAN ANDREAS. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. GQ-222,OR SP. REPT. 40 DO NOT SHOW CU IN SEC 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 012E 27,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1914 - WITH SOME RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COUNTY REPT. 2 ; CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 131

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 218

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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