Marshall Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Iron
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. 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 10014703
MRDS ID D011590
Record type Site
Current site name Marshall Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Marshall Bonanza 1887, Baca Bonanza, Spiegelburg Bonanza
Related records 10248103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.11807, 35.51423 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Relative position ABOUT 16.8 MILES S45W OF SANTA FE, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015N 008E 20 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Espinosa Volcanics
    Rock description Espinosa Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Espinosa Volcanics
    Rock description Espinosa Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.11807, 35.51423

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults And Shear Zones
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip STEEPLY NORTHWEST
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Bonanza Mining & Milling Co. (1900)
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Cerrillos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bonanza Trust Co.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • THERE ARE NO ACCURATE PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE. ELSTON (1967, P. 34-35) REPORTS TOTAL COMBINED PRODUCTION FOR ALL MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SIX SHALLOW CUTS AND A PIT 50 TO 60 FEET DEEP A FEW YARDS NORTH OF THE SHAFT. THE SHAFT IS REPORTED TO BE 220 FEET DEEP. ON THE 160-FOOT STATION DRIFTS EXTEND 125 FEET NORTHEAST AND 175 FEET SOUTHWEST. THE VEIN WAS STOPED FROM THE DRIFT UPWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OXIDIZED ZONE, 120 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 51

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN CROSSES A LOW KNOLL OF HORNBLENDE MONZONITE PORPHYRY SURROUNDED BY GRAVEL AND SAND OF THE ANCHA FORMATION. THE VEIN IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF ALTERED PORPHYRY AND QUARTZ, STAINED WITH LIMONITE. THE WALLS ARE HIGHLY ALTERED AND SHEETED PARALLEL TO THE VEIN. MOST OF THE DUMP MATERIAL IS QUARTZ, ANKERITE AND FERRUGINOUS RHODOCROSITE, WITH SPECKS AND BANDS OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND PYRITE. SMALL QUANTITIES OF MALACHITE ARE PRESENT; HARD STEEL-GRAY PSILOMELANE, PRODUCED THROUGH OXIDATION OF THE MANGANIFEROUS CARBONATE, FORMS BOTRYOIDAL CRUSTS ON SOME OF THE ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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