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North Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043932
MRDS ID M231237
Record type Site
Current site name North Bonanza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58572, 39.32101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1533

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flowery Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 021E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Alta Andesite
    Rock description Alta Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.58572, 39.32101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 455
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • 1878 DEVELOPMENT REVEALED 35-FT. WIDTH OF GOOD ORE; 1879-1880 WORK EXPOSED AN ORE BODY 50FT X 100FT. OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA ASSAYING $30 TO $50/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, FLOWERY PEAK, NEV., 1:24000

  • Deposit

    W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.

  • Production

    W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN 1861. OWRK IN 1870 REVEALED 35-FOOT WIDTH OF GOOD ORE. WORK IN 1879, 1880 REVEALED ANOREBODY 50FT. BY 100FT. OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA ASSAYING $30 TO $50 PER TON IN CRUDE STATE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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