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Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069101
MRDS ID W002494
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40994, 44.70818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 34 MILES N 55 DEG E OF JOHN DAY, OREGON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 10 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Argillite Near Vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40994, 44.70818
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Blue Mountains Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Name R
    General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
  • Name U
    General form TABULAR
    Dip 90 DEG
  • Name U
    General form TABULAR
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Shear Zones Approximately Parallel To Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Greenhorn District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tapin Copper Mines Ltd., Vancouver, B. C.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Francis Jackson, Baker Oregon

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $1,750,000; MOSTLY GOLD, SOME SILVER. 1899-1904 PRODUCTION TOTALED $904,628.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5486.4M
    Overall depth 381M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE IS ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $1,750,000; MOSTLY GOLD, SOME SILVER. 1899-1904 PRODUCTION TOTALED $904,628.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND. ANNUAL REPORT, P. 701

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1, NO. 6, P. 119-122

  • Deposit

    ORE. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND., 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; NORTHEASTERN OREGON, EAST HALF: ORE. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 14-A, P. 52-53

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: O.D.G.M.I. BULL. 61, P. 106-107

  • Deposit

    5) PERKINS, J.M., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN QUAD. AND THE NW PORTION OF THE WHITNEY QUAD.

  • Deposit

    1901 RECON LINDGREN, W: REF. 1

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON ORE. BU. MINES GEOL.: REF. 2

  • Deposit

    1939 COMPILE ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: REF. 3

  • Production

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD (M014063) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS ONE, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Reeves, James R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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

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