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Bonanza Prospect

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236198
MRDS ID M020638
MAS/MILS ID 0060270103
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hessen Clipper Nos. 1 and 2, Bonanza Claim
Related records 10033979

Comments on the site names

  • THE BONANZA PROSPECT WAS FORMELY KNOWN AS THE HESSON CLIPPER.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.60561, 36.56577 (WGS84)
Elevation 786
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackass Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 S 040 E 10 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.60561, 36.56577
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCALLISTER, J. F. 1955, GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Deposit

    UBEHEBE PEAK QUADRANGE, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF.

  • Deposit

    DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 42, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 49, 1956, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 1-84, 1984, P. 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Rumsey, Clayton M. 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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Authoritative California resources

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