Bonanza Group

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033909
MRDS ID M020560
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.77807, 41.909 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Bally(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047N 008W 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 8 - 20 % CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.77807, 41.909

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 158.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 23 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 107

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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