| Deposit ID | 10124707 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930083 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonanza Lode |
| Alternate or previous names | Bonanza Butte Mining Company |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.51779, 46.086 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2066 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004 N | 007 W | 19 | NWSWNE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | Granitic rock |
|---|
| Strike | N85E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 78S | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Kenoffel |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mines Prospecting And Exploration Co |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1953 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930083 |
U.S.BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0300930083.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COBALT ASSAYED LESS THAN 0.02 PERCENT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED QUARTZ LODE MINING CLAIMS. EAST-WEST BEARING QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING SULFIDES IN A BASIC GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK IN 1916 THE MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES REPORTED AN ASSAY OF 2.5 PERCENT COBALT ON ORE FROM THE BONANZA GROUP. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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