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Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102530
MRDS ID M003633
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Harquahala
Related records 10161694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59077, 33.66756 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SALOME.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004N 013W 22,27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result 158,761 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 0.85 OZ AU/TON, 0.53 OZ AG/TON, AND MINOR LEAD AND COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.59077, 33.66756
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Faulting In District Places Prec-Metamorphic Over Pal-Mes Sediments.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 45E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Associated With Microdiorite Dikes In The Area.

Comments on the geologic information

  • RICH, POCKETY SHOOTS OF GOLD WITH MINOR SILVER IN A GANGUE OF IRON OXIDES, SHATTERED QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND GYPSUM IN AN OXIDIZED ZONE, IN SHEAR ZONES; IN DEPTH, GOLD VALUES MAINLY IN AURIFEROUS PYRITE WITH SOME COPPER AND LEAD SULFIDE MINERALIZATION, IN FRACTURE VEINS; VEINS OFTEN FLAT DIPPING WITH LARGER AND RICHER DEPOSITS IN THE SHATTERED QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Little Harquahala District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peter Kiewit Inc.
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED IN 1888 AND WORKED INTERMITTENTLY ON A LARGE SCALE TO 1918. SUBSEQUENTLY ON SMALL SCALE, LARGELY BY REWORKING DUMPS AND TAILINGS, TO 1964; TOTAL PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDES PRODUCTION FOR GOLDEN EAGLE MINE GROUP.

Reserves and resources

  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 136000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.694 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.061HA
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • BONANZA SHAFT: 600 FEET DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 110, 200 AND 500 FT LEVELS; OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE MOLLINA SHAFT (110 FT, ROY SHAFT (65 FEET DEEP WITH 70 FT CROSSCUT); ROY SHAFT NO. 2 (50 FT DEEP); NEW DEAL CLAIM SHAFT(100 FT DEEP); SUMMIT SHAFT (100 FT DEEP); ROY TUNNEL (300 FT LONG), SUMMIT LOWER TUNNEL (175 FEET), SUMMIT UPPER TUNNEL (125 FEET LONG).

Comments on development

  • CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE HARQUAHALA OPERATING CO., DAVID OBENSTINE, C. PICKENBACH, JACK GIVENS, M.M. CARPENTER, H.E. HICKSON, YUMA WARRIOR MINING CO., J.B. MARTIN, HARQUAHALA GOLD MINING, BONANZA MINING CO., A.G. HUBBARD, INTERNATIONAL MINING, C.C. CANFIELD, H.C. REEDALL, HUBBARD AND BOWERS, G.R. MILLER (1941), RAY MACDONALD (1937), GOLDEN EAGLE, JOHN JONES, R.H. WHITE (1924), JOHN MARTIN (1914). DURING 1984-1986 PERIOD, PETER KIEWIT INC. PERFORMED A GEOLOGIC EVALUATION AND SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT HERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 129

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICH, POCKETY SHOOTS OF GOLD WITH MINOR SILVER IN A GANGUE OF IRON OXIDES, SHATTERED QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND GYPSUM IN AN OXIDIZED ZONE, IN SHEAR ZONES; AT DEPTH, GOLD VALUES MAINLY IN AURIFEROUS PYRITE WITH SOME COPPER AND LEAD SULFIDE MINERALIZATION, IN FRACTURE VEINS; VEINS OFTEN FLAT DIPPING WITH LARGER AND RICHER DEPOSITS IN THE SHATTERED QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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