Bonanza Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102426
MRDS ID M001739
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Annet, South Bananza, Melgren, Chance
Related records 10112808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.10788, 31.69957 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. SW OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 22E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Base Metal Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Uncle Sam Porphyry
    Rock description Uncle Sam Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Bisbee Group Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.10788, 31.69957

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Bisbee Group Near Intrusive Contact Of Uncle Sam Quartz Latite
Type of structure Local
Structure description On West Edge Of Tombstone Basin

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Melgren, Tombstone Silver Fields Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION MAY BE INCLUDED UNDER MELLGREN GROUP, SONE SAN PEDRO PRODUCTION IS INCLUDED WITH BONANZA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3291.84M
    Overall depth 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERALL LENGTH INCLUDES SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS. TWO SHAFTS, ONE 1800 FT DEEP, ONE 1500 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED TOMBSTONE SILVER, ALLISON MINES INC., BAREMORE MINING CO., A.P. GIACOMA, HILTON, MELLGREN GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P. 18, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, MEHNART, 1973, USGS BULL, 1379

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED BASE METAL SULFIDES WITH ENRICHED POCKETS OF SILVER ORE ALONG IRREGULAR FISSURE VEINS IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CLOSE TO AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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