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Bonanza

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035926
MRDS ID M023879
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.80444, 40.77957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position 0.5 MI. SE SUMMIT OF PETTI JOHN MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trinity Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 008W 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 REF CLAIMS MINE IS IN DIGGER GULCH WHICH DOES NOT FALL IN SEC. 29 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME EXTEREMELY RICH SAMPLES OF GOLD-BEARING CALCITE WERE RECOVERED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.80444, 40.77957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 35 NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Minersville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ORE WAS FREE-MILLING AND HIGH-GRADE. $15000 EXRACTED FROM POCKETS

Comments on the workings information

  • 130 FT. INCLINE, 200 FT. DRIFT AND 60 FT. ADIT OLDER INCLINE AND SEVERAL TUNNELS DRIVEN INTO HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 885

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 439

  • Production

    BROWN (1913)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40 ACRES. 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN WITH SHORT ORE SHOOT. RICHEST WHERE CALCITE PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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