| Deposit ID | 10085664 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701289 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonanza Mine |
| Related records | 10202970 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.50053, 31.18711 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 9 MI (14 KM) W OF SIERRA BLANCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hudspeth(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver King Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Hudspeth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Greenockite | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Montmorillonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | SILVER-TO-GOLD RATIO BY WEIGHT IN 46 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1927 WAS 500:1. THE ORE OF THE DEPOSIT IS LOCALLY URANIFEROUS (UP TO 0.076% U3O8) AND MOLYBDENUM-RICH. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -105.50053, 31.18711 |
|---|
| Strike | N75E |
|---|---|
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1979 |
| Production years | 1880'S, 1912, 1927, 1944-47, 1964, 1977-79 |
| District name | Northern Quitman Mountains |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701289 |
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P
CIMRI
PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN SHOWS SLICKENSIDES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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