Bonanza Group

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045956
MRDS ID M233856
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Mine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85062, 41.7774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 4 MI. WEST OF OLD CONTACT IN BONANZA CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS APPROXIMATE, +/- 500 M TO COVER ENTIRE GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85062, 41.7774

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N&NW
    Dip STEEPLY W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, Intrusive Dikes & Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS OFR 76-779

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE CLAIMS ARE PART OF THE BONANZA MINE GROUP, AND ON LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE BONANZA MINE. THE FISSURE VEINS RUNNING THRU THESE CLAIMS TREND NORTHWARD AT ABOUT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE GRANODIORITE-METASEDIMENTARY CONTACT. THE VEINS ARE ABOUT 30 INCHES WIDE, DIP STEEPLY WEST, AND CARRY UP TO 25% CU. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 128). THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS: BONANZA, BONANZA NOS. 1 THRU 10, BONANZA FRACTION, CROWN POINT (SCHRADER, 1912, MAP). MINERAL SURVEY NO 4267, & 3904 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS CARRY UP TO 25% CU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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