Bonanza Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021231
MRDS ID DC15245
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Prospect
Alternate or previous names Big Bonanza, Big Bonanza Key
Related records 10227856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81695, 40.0791 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Relative position 3900 FT S15W OF MONTEZUMA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 018W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW NE OF NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81695, 40.0791

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults

Ore body information

  • General form ORE SHOOTS
    Strike N20E
    Dip 65W
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Shoots In Wide Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS; 8 FT, 8 FT, 12 FT, 181 FT, THE LATER WITH A LARGE OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 99, P.27

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL 99

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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