Bonanza Lode

Unknown in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124707
MAS/MILS ID 0300930083
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Lode
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Butte Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.51779, 46.086 (WGS84)
Elevation 2066
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004 N 007 W 19 NWSWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 78S
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N85E:78S
    Date of Last Modification 800922

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Kenoffel
    Home office California
    Year 1953
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mines Prospecting And Exploration Co
    Home office Montana
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0300930083.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COBALT ASSAYED LESS THAN 0.02 PERCENT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED QUARTZ LODE MINING CLAIMS. EAST-WEST BEARING QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING SULFIDES IN A BASIC GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK IN 1916 THE MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES REPORTED AN ASSAY OF 2.5 PERCENT COBALT ON ORE FROM THE BONANZA GROUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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