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Bonita

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034517
MRDS ID M021329
Record type Site
Current site name Bonita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.2235, 37.96214 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MILE S.E. OF CARTERS, E. OF TUOLUMNE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuolumne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 016E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.2235, 37.96214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS, BOTH IN BLACK SLATE, AND ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT GRAY DIKE MATTER. THESE VEINS UNITE TO THE SOUTH ON A SOUTHERN ADJOINING CLAIM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.452HA

Comments on the workings information

  • BONITA VEIN HAS ADIT 440 FT. WITH WINZE 50 FT. GARFIELD VEIN ADIT 400 FT. WITH SHAFT 70 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 13 , P. 475

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE CONSISTS OF BOTH BONITA AND GARFIELD CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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