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Bonita Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247510
MAS/MILS ID 0320330015
Record type Site
Current site name Bonita Mine
Alternate or previous names Snake Creek, Bonita, Tilford

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.19334, 38.91525 (WGS84)
Elevation 3097
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kious Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin 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 Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 069 E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.19334, 38.91525
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Snake

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taylor Mining, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-578, 1969.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 56-83, 1983, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 230-231.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, (1978, P. 59) INDICATES THIS MINE OPERATED AS AN OPEN PIT DURING 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-1993 Kluender U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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