Bonanza Gold Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073461
MRDS ID W019560
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names Prospect Gulch
Related records 10120394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00273, 47.51427 (WGS84)
Elevation 779
Relative position .5 MI N OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 11,12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS COEUR D'ALENE CRESCENT GROUP ON THE N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ACROSS 4 FT DECOMPOSED VEIN ASSAYED 0.22 OZ AU AND 0.10 OZ AG / TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00273, 47.51427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip S
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bonanza Gold, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on development

  • 21 CLAIMS; DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, P. 19

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 22 , 1970 ; NOV. 25 , 1969 ; OCT. 10 , 1969 ; NOV. 18 , 1968 ; SEPT. 27 , 1967

  • Deposit

    BROWN, B. R., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 64

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEM BONANZA GOLD, INC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 2 AND 4 FT AVERAGE WIDTH
Deposit BONANZA GOLD, INC. ALSO HAS 56 CLAIMS ABOUT 6 MI S OF KELLOGG IN T 47 N, R 3 E, SEC. 4 , 5 , 8 , 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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