Bonita Group

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119048
MRDS ID D008270
MAS/MILS ID 0081090010
Record type Site
Current site name Bonita Group
Related records 10012584

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.1573, 38.39441 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 048 N 007 E 23 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.1573, 38.39441

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 25S
    Thickness 0.6M
    Depth to top 22.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40W:25S
    Minimum Depth to Top 15.2
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Mount Ouray

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B And J. Mining Co..
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS TO MILS FILE OCT 1976

  • Deposit

    411346

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4730. DATE OF RE 1959. AN EARLIER REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE HAD BEEN APPROVED IN THE 1959 REPORT IS A FINAL REPORT INTENDED TO REVIEW THE WOR ACCORDING TO THE A.E.C. THE CLAIMS PRODUCED 163 TONS OF ORE ING .145% U308 DURING NOV. 1958. RESULTING FROM DMEA DRILLIN DEPOSIT CONTAINING 13000 TONS AVERAGING .12-.15% U308 WAS ES .THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT B J URANIUM AND EXPLORATION CO., OF COLO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT DID PROPOSE FURTHER EXPLORATION ON THE CLAIMS. MILLS LOCATED IN CITY AND GUNNISON, COLO., ARE EACH ABOUT 75 ROAD MILES FROM CLAIMS. INFORMATION FROM PRR-2367, DATED 1955. RADIOACTIVITY: 10XBG AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT: 10 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO MONTICE UTAH ASSAYED .19% U308; 20 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN STOCKPILED; CONSISTED OF 375 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THE ORE WAS FRO 8 INCH SEAM SEPARATING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE BELOW FROM TERTIA TRACHYTE PORPHYRY ABOVE THE SEAM. AN EARLIER REPORT STATED- AUTUNITE IS PRESENT IN THE TERTIARY AGE RHYOLITE FOOTWALL OF FAULT. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.