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Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  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 10042349
MRDS ID M060104
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Related records 10180683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.99556, 48.72541 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLVILLE WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037N 038E 11 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Upper 20 To 50 Feet Of Phyllite Bleached

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES 25 PERCENT LEAD AND 6 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Mission Argillite-Argillite, Phyllite
    Rock description Mission Argillite-Argillite, Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.99556, 48.72541
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beds Dip Ne Dip 30-45 Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline Plunging Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20-40 E
    Dip 35-45 NW
    Plunge direction NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Argillite - Phyllite Contact On Crest And Limbs Of North-Plunging Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Colville

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bonanza Lead
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. And Grace Gibbs

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1949 - 1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^22 % Pb, 30 % Fe, 2.7 % Sio2, 10.5 % S, 4.7 Oz Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 133g/mt
    Ore Sulfur Sulfur 11wt-pct
    SIL Silica Silica 3wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 30wt-pct
  • Year 1952
    Period 1907 - 1952
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^22 % Pb, 30 % Fe, 2.7 % Sio2, 10.5 % S, 4.7 Oz Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 133g/mt
    Ore Sulfur Sulfur 11wt-pct
    SIL Silica Silica 3wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 30wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE DATA FROM WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY 37 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1885 AND 1902 IS NOT RECORDED. 2000 TONS PROD PRIOR TO 1890. $40,000 PRIOR TO 1944 REPORTED. $2,000,000 FROM 1944 TO 1950.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXPLORATION BY ANACONDA FAILED TO FIND ADDITIONAL ORE. GENERAL AREA NEEDS FURTHER STUDY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2987.04M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY OPERATED MINE 1951 AND 1952. MINE IS NOW FLOODED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E., 1920 THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 174-176

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 244.

  • Deposit

    1894 DIREXPL CONSOLIDATED BONANZA MINING AND SMELTING

  • Deposit

    1914 DIREXPL G. J. VERVAEKE

  • Deposit

    1945 DIREXPL HUNLEY AND GIBBS D1B/A BONANZA LEAD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN MASSIVE LAYERS OF FINE-GRAINED STEEL GALENA AND PYRITE - EITHER ALONG PHYLLITE - ARGILLITE CONTACT OR AS VEINS IN PHYLLITE SAID TO BE 20 FEET THICK ABOVE 4 LEVEL BUT THINS TO 8 INCHES ON 7 LEVEL. SIZE 100,000 TONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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