Bonanza Mine

Plant in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161694
MRDS ID M003633
MAS/MILS ID 0040120107
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Mine Group, Harquahala Mine, Golden Eagle Mine
Related records 10102530

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.59137, 33.66756 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 N 013 W 22 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.59137, 33.66756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Jones
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Oberstine
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Wreggitt
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL WORKINGS IN T4N R13W NE1/4 SEC 22 AND NW1/4 SEC 27

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 152

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-NOV-1990 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.