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Bonanza Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036063
MRDS ID M024084
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Related records 10163958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65007, 36.06554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2.8 MI NW SUMMIT LOUISIANA BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petroglyph Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021S 040E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2 NW 1/4 AND N 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65007, 36.06554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 33W
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT EAST 575 FT. TO VEIN, DRIFT SOUTH 200 FT. 100 FT. FROM CROSSCUT, RAISE 50 FT., AT 200 FT. FROM PORTAL, ANOTHER RAISE ABOUT 80 FT. AT 90 FT. ABOVE THESE WORKINGS, ANOTHER ADIT 185 FT. LONG, 100 FT. SOUTH IS ANOTHER 100-FT. TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 146

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 385

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN VARIES FROM MERE SEAM TO 5 FT. IN THICKNESS. VEIN-FILLING OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ CEMENTED WITH IRON OXIDE. ORE OCCURS IN SHORT, LENTICULAR SHOOTS.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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