| Deposit ID | 10087749 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009054 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonita Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Unpatented Claims, Bonita Nos. 1 To 6 |
| Related records | 10247684 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.00952, 35.06756 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2347 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 11 MILES S 57 W OF GRANTS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cibola(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Paxton Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Plains(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cibola National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Cibola |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 010N | 011W | 28 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCK BIN CONTAINED 64.1% CAF2 |
|---|---|
| Result | 14.7% SI02 |
| Result | 0.8% BAS04. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -108.00952, 35.06756 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East To Northeast-Striking Veins Are Associated With Northwest-Striking Faults. |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 E |
| Dip | N 70 TO 85 E |
| Thickness | 1.02M |
| Length | 128.02M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Zuni Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Both Mining And Milling Co. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Father Al Keefer |
| Home office | Cheyenne Wells, Co. |
| First year | 1955 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 147.83M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009054 |
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 184-185
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 132-133
GODDARD, E.N., 1966 USGS MAP I-454
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
SOULE, J.H., 1951 USBM RI-4791, 10 PAGES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE NEARLY PARALLEL FISSURES WHICH STRIKE EAST-NORTHEAST AND CONTAIN DENSE TO MEDIUM CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE IN VEINS AND STRINGERS RANGING FROM 6 TO 40 IN. THICK. MINERALIZATION HAS BEEN EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS FOR A LENGTH OF 420 FT. AND TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT... SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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