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Bonanza Queen

Past Producer in Imperial 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034264
MRDS ID M021008
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Queen
Related records 10114877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99666, 32.92895 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NNE OF OCOTILLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plaster City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014S 009E 24 SE OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • ANZO-BORREGO STATE PARK, SOUTHEAST FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99666, 32.92895
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, Strikes N 65 E And Is Vertical, It Seperates Pre-Tertiary Gneissic Rocks On Nw From Tert Sediments On The Se.

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek Mountain

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPORT 7 ; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCE OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, #2, P. 109.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER SMALL PROSPECTS OCCUR ALONG FAULT. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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