| Deposit ID | 10026761 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000118 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonanza Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Srk, Mitchell, Calvillo, Kerr |
| Related records | 10186838 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.51181, 32.00262 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | 35 MI SE OF TUCSON, AT THE HEAD OF THE NORTH FORK OF MENDOZA CANYON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pan Tak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 016S | 008E | 27 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pan Tak Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pan Tak Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Martin Formation |
| Rock description | Martin Formation |
| (1) | Jurassic granitic rocks |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Coyote District |
|---|
| Year | 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1909-1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^10% Cu, 0.03 Oz/T Au, 1.7 Oz/T Ag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000118 |
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 116.
USBM CARD FILE
NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1974; USBM CARD FILE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HIGH GRADE DEPOSIT. CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS OCCUR AT MARGINS OF, AND PARTIALLY REPLACING, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE BLOCKS THAT ARE ROOF PENDANTS IN GRANITE. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000118 WITH RE CORD M030522 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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