Bonanza Queen

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. 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 10034686
MRDS ID M021561
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.15988, 37.63131 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI SSE OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.15988, 37.63131

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 34 W
    Dip 60 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 25 FT THICK VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. LONG INACTIVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT ADIT, 60 FT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES & MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA CO., CALIF: CDMG, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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