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Bonito

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210244
MRDS ID M050217
MAS/MILS ID 0040210189
Record type Site
Current site name Bonito
Alternate or previous names Pure Gold, Morning Star M S 1836.Patented, Patented Claims M S 1836, Gold Bug, Campo Bonito
Related records 10039523

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.73628, 32.55841 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 S 016 E 17 S2SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.73628, 32.55841
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 61M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910923

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE IS NORTH OF WEST; DIP IS 30 TO 60 DEGREES SOUTH. WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS 1.5 TO 12.2 M AT SURFACE. LENGTH GIVEN IS AT SURFACE. THICKNESS IS UNDETERMINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Campo Bonito

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward H. Molson
    Year 1959
  • Type Operator
    Owner Edward H. Molson And E. J. Ewing (Last Operators 1943-44)
    Year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1985
    Description Total Past Production 7825 St Ore At 1.51% Wo3. Past Prod. Equiv. To 11,816 Short Ton Units Of Wo3 Or 85 Mt Contained W.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SHORT TON UNIT = 20 LB OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.862 LB OF W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CAMPO BONITO QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 709,710

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO N2NW OF SEC.20,NENE OF SEC.19,AND INTO

  • Deposit

    SEC.12

  • Deposit

    ADMR SANTA ROSA MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    DALE,V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA ...AZ USBM R1 5516 1959

  • Deposit

    P 52-61

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ ABM BULL 148 1941 P 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY PROBABLY INCLUDES 3 OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE MAS DATA BASE IDENTIFIED AS CAMPO BONITO 1, 2, AND 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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