Bonnie Anna Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070035
MRDS ID W007878
MAS/MILS ID 0160390743
Record type Site
Current site name Bonnie Anna Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain View Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.27953, 43.45519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 2 MI SE OF PINE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mountain Home(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 010E 04 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result $4 - $6 AU, AG/TON, $1.50 OF WHICH WAS AG., ANOTHER VEIN GIVES $10 - $17 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Aplite Dike;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Aplite Dike;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.27953, 43.45519

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG SE
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Skelton

Comments on the production information

  • $5,500 Au Produced

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on development

  • 3 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ballard, S. M., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar Quadrangle: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26, P. 1

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad

  • Production

    Ballard, S. M., 1928, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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