Bonanza Group

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103284
MRDS ID M023291
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group
Related records 10263551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.06334, 41.27623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 4 MI. ESE SAWYERS BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 039N 011W 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS OF GOOD GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.06334, 41.27623

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 19 ADITS & OPEN CUTS, FROM 25 FT. TO NEARLY 300 FT. LONG. MILL AERIAL TRAM, 1200 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 433

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 4 FT. THICK HARD, BLUE QUARTZ
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. DISCOVERED IN 1908 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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