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Bonanza

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270528
MAS/MILS ID 0300770014
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.57089, 46.3796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baggs Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 008 W 11 C NENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.57089, 46.3796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 15E
    Thickness 91M
    Length 152M
    Width 0.8M
    Area 0.7HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N45W:15E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .7
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Zosell

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vonnie Lupher
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES IN MATRIX NO 1 ARE FROM 700, AVERAGE OF PRODUCTION STATISTICS .GRADES IN MATRIX 2 FROM AN ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM EMERY M TONNAGE. FIGURES IN MATRIX ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR. SEE DATA IN 120,220,151,251 ARE SUPPORTED IN REPORTS IN BACKUP FILE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity 228
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 284
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity 228
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 284
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL 98,P.19,57

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM.34,P.18

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.279

  • Deposit

    STEJER,1948,UNPUB MS THESIS,MONT.SCHOOL OF MINES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

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