Bonnell Prospect

The Bonnell Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bonnell Prospect
Secondary: Bunnell
Secondary: Neversweat

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kantishna

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-20
Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 30% PB+ZN AND 13.5 OZ AG PER TON
Analytical Data: MORRISON, D.A., 1964, P. 97-98
Analytical Data: FLOAT SAMPLE WITH CHALCOPYRITE CONTAINED 0.04 OZ AU AND 44.96 OZ AG PER TON
Analytical Data: 0.04 TO 0.34 OZ AU AND TRACE TO 11.10 OZ AG PER TON

Materials

Gangue: Rhyolite
Gangue: Schist
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Comment (Commodity): GALENA, SPHALERITE, ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE LISTED AS GOLD-SILVER BEARING MINERALS

Comment (Location): PLOTTED FROM USGS BULL 849-F, P. 376; "SOUTH SIDE OF ELDORADO CR. AT THE JUNCTION OF REINHART CR." LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): OPEN ADIT MAPPED BY USBM IN 1977, ACTIVE PROSPECTING IN 1963

Comment (Deposit): COMPLEXLY FAULTED QUARTZ-SIDERITE VEINS UPTO 4 FT THICK INTRUDED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ-PORPHYRY AND SCHIST; DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN QUARTZ PORPHYRY; VEINS SHOW PINCH AND SWELL STRUCTURE ALONG STRIKE

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZED CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ PORPHYRY AND "BIRCH CREEK" SCHIST, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN IGNEOUS BODY AND IN VEINS ALONG CONTACT; ONLY CONTACT MINERALIZATION KNOWN IN THE AREA

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY 3 SHORT ADITS, 2 OF WHICH WERE CAVED BY 1977

References

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-20 TO 4-22

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 61, P. 26, 29

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 2

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 9-10, 28

Reference (Deposit): MORRISON, D.A, 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF KANTISHNA AND VICINITY, KANTISHNA DISTRICT, ALASKA: ALASKA UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, M.S. THESIS, P. 93, 97-98

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, P. 358, 376

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