Bonanza Mill

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167761
MAS/MILS ID 0081090045
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.1506, 38.27561 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bonanza(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.1506, 38.27561

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: SUMM OF MINING IND ACT COLO COLO DIV MINES 1959

  • Deposit

    REF: BONANZA QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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