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Bonanza

Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016736
MRDS ID DC01951
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza
Related records 10240027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.62286, 37.92362 (WGS84)
Relative position NE SIDE OF LAKE COMO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 42N 07W 10 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.62286, 37.92362
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE 75 FT. TO 150 FT WIDE STRIKING E TO NE DIPPING VERT. TO 80 DEG. S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., VOL. 14, NO. 7, P. 400-411 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, USGS BULL. 182, 1901, P. 196

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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