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Bonanza Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109632
MRDS ID M054742
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Empire Group Patented In 1922: Principal Claims, Bonanza, Good Hope, Wyoming, Virginia No. 1, Virginia No. 2, Rose No. 1, Sunshine: Property of Empire Gold Mining and Milling Co. 1904, Includes 4 Claims of Undetermined Status American, Treasure, Miller, Deep Down.
Related records 10247854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.55588, 32.94983 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES S 55 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 007W 03 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO IN A SMALL CANYON JUST WEST OF SNAKE GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA REPORTED BY G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.150.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.55588, 32.94983
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Located Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 37 E
    Dip 80 TO 90 NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 762M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault-Fracture Zones And Localized In Voids And Brecciated Zones.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT ; GEOL.DESC: MAY REFER TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER HG IN A GOLD MILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1877
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. G. Mcaneny
    Home office Box 125 Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Tittman
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 WAS ESTIMATED AT 700000 DOLLARS AND PRODUCTION OF GOLD WAS REPORTED TO TOTAL ABOUT 21900 OZ.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1676.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF 3 TUNNELS. THE UPPER TUNNEL WAS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE, THE MIDDLE TUNNEL EXTENDED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN A DISTANCE OF 3500 FT, AND THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS 2000 FT IN LENGTH. STOPING WAS EXTENSIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINGREN,W., GRATON,L.C. AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275

  • Deposit

    HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.148-151

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    HEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF A LONG CONTINUOUS ZONE OF FRACTURED ANDESITE RANGING FROM 2 FT TO 8 FT WIDE. HIGH GRADE ORE OCCURS AS SHOOTS AND POCKETS IN A SEAM OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ VARYING FROM ONE TO SEVERAL INCHES WIDE. MINOR SEAMS OF ORE ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN. 7 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1851 COVERING 91.691 ACRES. 4 CLAIMS OF UNDETERMINED STATUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-77 Peterson, Jocelyn A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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