| Deposit ID | 10014155 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010805 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonnie Girl Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Baker Contact |
| Related records | 10264336 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.03982, 37.39945 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3261 |
| Relative position | 12 MILES N 48 W FROM DURANGO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Plata(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)
Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
San Juan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | La Plata |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 036N | 011W | O2 | S2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Cutler Formation |
| Rock description | Cutler Formation |
| (1) | -108.03982, 37.39945 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | La Plata Dome |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| Year of last production | 1919 |
| District name | California (La Plata) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | San Juan N. F. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010805 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080670040 |
ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 67-68, 96-97
ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND DIKES AND CUT BY ENE-WSW-TRENDING VEIN. NO STRONG VEINS WERE SEEN IN MINE WORKINGS BUT RATHER MANY ZONES AND LENSES OF BRECCIATED AND ALTERED ROCK BEARING PYRITE AND QUARTZ. GOLD PRODUCED BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FROM OXIDIZED ZONE NEAR SURFACE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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