Bonito 1 and 2

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137407
MAS/MILS ID 0040190921
Record type Site
Current site name Bonito 1 and 2
Alternate or previous names Bonita 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.5918, 31.72593 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mildred Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Pima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.5918, 31.72593

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ortega
    Year 1936
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Green
    Year 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATED IN BABOQUIVARI DIST ON E SIDE OF BABOQUIVARI MTNS

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA CIRCA 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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