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Bonita Mine

Past Producer in Valencia county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013668
MRDS ID D010085
Record type Site
Current site name Bonita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.00896, 35.06728 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Relative position 8.8 MI S 30 E OF MT. SEDGEWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paxton Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Plains(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 New Mexico Valencia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010N 011W 28 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1952)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A STOCK BIN CONTAINED 64.1% CAF2, 14.7% SIO2, AND 0.8% BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.00896, 35.06728
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Zuni Mtns. Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precamrian Rocks.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Trending Faults Near Large North To Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike SOUTH VEIN, N 85 E; MIDDLE VEIN, N 70 E; NORTH VEIN, N 70 E
    Dip SOUTH VEIN, STEEPLY SOUTH; MIDDLE AND NORTH VEINS, VERTICAL
    Length 128.02M
    Width 1.02M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike SOUTH VEIN, N 85 E; MIDDLE VEIN, N 70 E; NORTH VEIN, N 70 E
    Dip SOUTH VEIN, STEEPLY SOUTH; MIDDLE AND NORTH VEINS, VERTICAL
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip SOUTH VEIN, STEEPLY SOUTH; MIDDLE AND NORTH VEINS, VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer J.L. Cornelius And Alton Head; Grants, Nm.
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Zuni Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Father Al Keefer
    Home office Cheyenne Wells, Co.
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 128.02M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 128.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS ON THE SOUTH VEIN INCLUDE A 100 FT SHAFT, WHICH AT THE 75 FT LEVEL CONNECTS UP TO AN ADIT DRIVEN FROM A PORTAL 275 FT TO THE EAST. THE ADIT CONTINUES WESTWARD FOR 145 FT. THE MIDDLE VEIN IS EXPOSED IN A 180 FT LONG BY 3 TO 6 FT WIDE TRENCH, AND THE NORTH VEIN HAS A 30 FT LONG SHALLOW TRENCH DUG ON IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 132-133.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 184-185.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 132.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AQUA TO PALE GREEN FLUORITE OCCURS IN THREE NEARLY PARALLEL FISSURES TRENDING ENE IN PRECAMBRIAN APLITE. THE FLUORITE IS DENSE TO MEDIUM CRYSTALLINE AND LOCALLY CONTAINS LIMONITE GOUGE, QUARTZ, AND WALL ROCK INCLUSIONS. THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON THE SOUTHERN VEIN, WHICH STRIKES N 85 E AND DIPS STEEPLY SOUTH. A 100 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE VEIN. AT THE 75 FT LEVEL, THE SHAFT CONNECTS WITH AN ADIT DRIVEN FROM A PORTAL 275 FT TO THE EAST. THE ADIT CONTINUES ALONG THE VEIN 145 WESTWARD. EASTWARD FROM THE SHAFT, THE VEIN RANGES FROM 10 TO 40 IN ACROSS AND CONTAINS 37 TO 75 % CAF2, WHILE WESTWARD THE VEIN BREAKS UP INTO STRINGERS AND ABRUPTLY ENDS AT A CROSSFAULT CONTACT WITH BIOTITE SCHIST. ORE MATERIAL FROM THE SMALL VEINS TO THE NORTH IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE SOUTH VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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