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Bonanza and Bobtail

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034122
MRDS ID M020828
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza and Bobtail

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76632, 40.18515 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF ENGELS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moonlight Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 011E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76632, 40.18515
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE SHIPPED PART OF A CAR OF ORE CARRING 7 - 8 % CU, AND 40 OZ. AG/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 126

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 463 .

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL HIGH-GRADE VEIN.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMPRISED OF 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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

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