Bonito Property

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014968
MRDS ID DAV0065
Record type Site
Current site name Bonito Property
Alternate or previous names Great Western Mine
Related records 10223056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78611, 33.44678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10S 11E 15 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation, Alteration

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1988

Mining district

District name Nogal

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pioneer Metals Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTIONS WAS A GRAET WESTERN MINE. IN 1988-89, THE DEPOSIT WAS RE-EXPLORED AS THE BONITO PROPERTY BY PIONEER METALS CORP.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.496 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BLUE FRONT ZONE: 2,305,000 ST AT 0.057 OZ/ST AU, 0.83 OZ/ST AG; MAIN ZONE 1,300,000 ST AT 0.045 OZ/ST AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULP AND WOODWARD ,1991, NM GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 42D FIELD CONF., P. 327-328. DAYTON, 1988, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURAL, V. 189, NO. 3, P. 119-131. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990/1991, P. 257. GRISWOLD, 1959, NMBOMMR BULLETIN 67, P. 60

  • Reserve-Resource

    FULP AND WOODWARD (1991); DAYTON (1988); AND RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY (1991).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEEPER SULFIDES ARE MAY BE PRESENT. WHEN THE DEPOSIT WAS KNOWN AS THE GREAT WESTERN MINE, SEVERAL ADITS WERE DRIVEN AND A SMALL OPEN PIT WAS EXCAVATED. A SMALL MILL WAS LOCATED BELOW THE PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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