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Bonanza Group

Prospect in Fergus county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245563
MAS/MILS ID 0300270178
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.479, 47.295 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kendall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Judith(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Fergus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018 N 018 E 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in record is Fergus county. However, original lat/long plots 18 km inside adjacent Judith Basin county. The reference is unpublished and will be difficult to check. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 47-17-0N 110-22-0W (47.2833 -110.3667); UTM N5236626 E547895 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 018 N, RNG 018 E, Sect 30, Sect_fract <blank>. PLSS coords translate to 47.295 -109.479. The latitude is close to agreement but the longitude differs by 0.888 degrees (53 minutes). There are several Bonanza Group gold deposits at a similar latitude but way west in Mineral county, probably not relevant. A gold deposit in the vicinity of the original lat/long would be anomalous. All nearby deposits are industrial minerals. In contrast, the PLSS location lies near a rich gold mining area (Kendall 10269407). So the lat/long was changed to the PLSS coordinates, agreeing with the county name.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.479, 47.295
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arnold Smith
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERY, D.W. MONTANA DIRECTORY - IN PREP.

Comments on the references

  • The abbreviated citation in the reference field is probably: Avery, D.W., Sweeney, T.M., and Satkoski, J., 1989, Principal deposits of strategic and critical minerals in Montana: Spokane, Wash., U.S. Bureau of Mines, unpaginated. (Prepared for publication as Information Circular but never released. A copy is on file at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1997 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 02-DEC-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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

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