Bonita

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040948
MRDS ID M055843
Record type Site
Current site name Bonita
Alternate or previous names Salt Creek
Related records 10176664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.00532, 42.69954 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skeleton Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 003W 13 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Carbonatization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOWED 0.4, 1.7, 0.5 LB/TON HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name May Creek Schist
    Rock description May Creek Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.00532, 42.69954

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF CLAY GOUGE SEEMS AND SHEARED, RUSTY AMPHIBOLITE. BRANCHING VEINLETS OF CINNABAR-BEARING CALCITE CUT BOTH GOUGE AND SHEARED AMPHIBOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer J. Henderson

Mining district

District name Meadows

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. S. Musson
    First year 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period To 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 1355g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, V.2, SEC. 2, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLIS

  • Production

    BROOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHEAR ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 2000 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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