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Bonanza King

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109120
MRDS ID M005494
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza King
Related records 10211251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.41939, 40.02431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6 MI. E. OF CHAPARRAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jonesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lassen National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 005E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.41939, 40.02431
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1921-1931

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Wells
    Home office Yankee Hill, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • 1720 POUNDS SHIPPED IN NOV. 1927, CARRIED 0.71 OZ. GOLD, 96.65 OZ. SILVER, 8% LEAD, 3.4% COPPER, 6.4% ZINC, 21% ANTIMONY, 0.1% ARSENIC, 2.7% IRON, 61.6% INSOLUBLE

Comments on the workings information

  • A 24 FT. SHAFT, 200 FT. TUNNEL AND OTHER WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 440; R. 24, P. 209; V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT., 1957, P. 423

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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