Bonanza Mine

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123471
MRDS ID D010491
MAS/MILS ID 0300010715
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Quartz Hill Property
Related records 10013928

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.90229, 45.72319 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 S 011 W 25 S2S2N3 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.90229, 45.72319

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vipond-Qtz Hill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Quartz Hill Mining Co.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE QUARTZ

  • Deposit

    HILL MINING AREA, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MS THESIS,

  • Deposit

    MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES, BUTTE, MT, P. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1990, P. 381.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1994 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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