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Bonanza Queen Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium, Arsenic, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036701
MRDS ID M025604
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Queen Mine
Related records 10056096, 10301645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.56455, 48.09898 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.5-1.5 MI NORTH OF SILVERTON ON DEER CREEK, Accurate Within Claim Area. Location Given Is For Adit Symbol Labeled Bonanza Queen On Topo Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 010E 07,08,17,18 SE4 (18) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Realgar Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Is Altered

Analytical data

Result 2-6% CU, 1-6 OZ/TON AG, 0.19 OZ/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.56455, 48.09898
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Accreted Terranes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES IN SHEAR ZONE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silverton District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name Partly Within Boulder River Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period To 1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.5% Cu, 0.04 Oz/Ton Au, 2-3 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 7g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE IN SIGHT ABOUT 10,000 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH CONTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 341.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BROUGHTON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF LARGEST ORE LENS. LENSES OCCUR IN A 10-75 FT WIDE FRACTURE ZONE EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 3000 FT. DEPOSIT IS POSSIBLY A DISRUPTED MASSIVE SULFIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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