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Bonanza - Kerber Creek District

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Antimony, Bismuth, Titanium, Tellurium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000327
MRDS ID D009181
Record type District
Current site name Bonanza - Kerber Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.1425, 38.29471 (WGS84)
Relative position MINES LIE ALONG KERBER CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bonanza(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.1425, 38.29471
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description BONANZA CALDERA
Type of structure Regional
Structure description SAWATCH RANGE, SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, RIO GRANDE RIFT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name BONANZA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOL SURVEY BULL 9, 136 P.

  • Deposit

    BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF PAPER 169, 166 P.

Beyond USGS

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

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