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Bonanza Dome and Beacon

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035321
MRDS ID M022630
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Dome and Beacon
Related records 10286003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55199, 34.6664 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF MOJAVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shadow Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007N 006W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. AND LOC. QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940 - 1943

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Norris Williams
    Home office Apple Valley, Ca.

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period -1943
    Material WO3 AVG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN 500 - 600 TONS OF ORE, 1940 - 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • BONANZA DOME; 55 FT. SHAFT WITH 20 FT. WINZE, BELOW 55 FT. LEVEL WORKINGS. BEACON; 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 2 PITS, 8 FT. MAX DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943; MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 501.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953; MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 113, APPENDIX.

  • Production

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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