Bon Ami Claim

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043990
MRDS ID M231303
Record type Site
Current site name Bon Ami Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12956, 40.56712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 12 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/3 MILE NW OF OLD TOWNSITE OF GALENA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Battle Formation; Antler Peak Formation
    Rock description Battle Formation;Antler Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.12956, 40.56712

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Golconda Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Strending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10-20W
    Dip 65SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON-STAINED CRUSHED ZONE ALONG FAULT CONTAINS PB-AG METALLIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 38 TONS ORE IN 1940 RAN 0.23 OZ/TON AU; 6.1 OZ/TON AG; 0.10% CU, AND 5.7% PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20-FT. ADIT DRIVEN ON A FAULT ZONE SEPARATING ANTLER PEAK LIMESTONE FROM BATTLE FORMATION CONGLOMERATE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.