Bonanza King Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236806
MRDS ID M020693
MAS/MILS ID 0060710236
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza King Mine
Related records 10034018

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.50643, 34.98142 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fountain Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010 N 014 E 03 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.50643, 34.98142

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, H., C., 1882, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT

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    UPON THE STATISTICS OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE PRECIOUS

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    METALS IN THE UNITED STATES (1881): U.S. TREASURY

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    DEPARTMENT, P. 92.

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    BURCHARD, H. C., 1883, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT

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    METALS IN THE UNITED STATES (1882): U.S. TREASURY

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    DEPARTMENT, P. 107-108.

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    BURCHARD, H. C., 1885, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT

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    UPON THE PRODUCTION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS IN THE UNITED

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    STATES DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1884: U.S. TREASURY

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    DEPARTMENT, P. 142, 510, 542-543.

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    CLOUDMAN, H. C., HUGUENIN, EMILE, AND MERRILL, F. J. H.,

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    1919, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, IN MINES AND MINERAL

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    RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA (1915-1916); CALIFORNIA STATE

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    MINING BUREAU, REPORT XV OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, PART

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    VI, P. 827.

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    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE

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    MINERALOGIST (THIRD BIENNIAL) FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDING

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    SEPTEMBER 15, 1896: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

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    P. 330 AND 606.

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    DE GROOT, HENRY, 1890, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - ITS MOUNTAIN

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    PLAINS AND VALLEYS, IN TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE

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    MINERALOGIST FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 1, 1890:

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    CALIFORNIA MINING STATE BUREAU, P. 532.

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    ERIC, J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER PROPERTIES IN

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    CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144,

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    PART 3, P. 300.

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    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA:

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    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 3 &

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    4, P. 617-618.

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    HAZZARD, J. C., 1954, ROCKS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN

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    PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,

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    IN JAHNS, R. H., ED., GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

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    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 170, CHAPTER 4,

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    P. 27-35, MAP SHEETS.

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    LANDWEHR, W. R., 1932, FACTORS OF ORE CONTROL: PH.D. THESIS

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    STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, P. 136-138, 174-175.

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    LOS ANGELES MINING REVIEW, 1906, BONANZA KING PRODUCING,

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    JULY, 28.

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    MINING WORLD, 1906, MISC. INFO ON BONANZA KING, FEB. 6,

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    P. 225.

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    MOYLE, P. R., AND OTHERS, 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

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    PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS STUDY AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

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    CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA

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    47-86, APPENDIX B, NO. 146, P. 299.

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    THOMPSON, D. F., 1929, THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION: A

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    GEOGRAPHIC, GEOLOGIC, AND HYDROLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE: U.S.

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 578, P. 679.

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    TUCKER, W. B., 1921, LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA

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    STATE MINING BUREAU, REPORT XVII OF THE STATE

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    MINERALOGIST, P. 360-361.

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    TUCKER, W. B., 1924, LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA

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    STATE MINING BUREAU, REPORT XX OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST,

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    NO. 1, P. 198.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930, LOS ANGELES FIELD

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    DIVISION, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF

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    MINES, REPORT XXVI OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3,

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    P. 202-325.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, LOS ANGELES FIELD

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    MINES, REPORT XXVII OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3,

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    P. 342.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES

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    OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND

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    GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 475.

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    WRIGHT, L. A., STEWART, R. M., GAY, T. E., JR., AND

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    HAZENBUSH, G. C., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

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    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF

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    MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 AND 2, TABLES, P. 72-73.

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    YALE, C. G., 1908, CALIFORNIA, IN GOLD, SILVER, COPPER,

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    LEAD AND ZINC IN THE WESTERN STATES (MINE PRODUCTION):

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    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED

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    STATES - CALENDAR YEAR 1907 , PART 1 - METALLIC PRODUCTS,

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    P. 221.

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    YALE, C. G., 1909, CALIFORNIA IN GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD,

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    ZINC IN THE WESTERN STATES (MINE PRODUCTION): U.S.

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    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES

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    - CALENDAR YEAR 1907, PART I - METALLIC PRODUCTS, P. 221.

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    NUMEROUS MISC. ARTICLES FROM THE "MINING AND SCIENTIFIC

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    PRESS" CIRCA 1880'S ON FILE AT U.S. BUMINES-WFOC IN

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE, WA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Moyle, Phillip R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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