Bonanza Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046675
MRDS ID M241872
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Claims
Alternate or previous names Tungsten Canyon Pros.
Related records 10150148

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65116, 36.8108 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrara Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 13S 48E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Johnnie;Wood Canyon
    Rock description Johnnie;Wood Canyon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.65116, 36.8108

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bare Mmt.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Cayagu (Sp?) Livermore, Ca. 11/78

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES EXPLORATION SHAFTS AND ADITS, EXPLORING CONTACTS AT THRUST FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 MAR 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERFINGERING OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN ADITS. QUARTZ VEINING IS FRACTURED LIMONITICALLY STAINED, OCCURS AS PODS AND STRINGERS, CARRIES SUFFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

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