The Bonney Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.29806, -108.76083
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Bonney Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonney Mine
Secondary: Banner Mine
Secondary: Bonnie Mine: Bonney Group, Manila-Misers Chest,
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1917
Secondary: Lone
Secondary: Teddy
Secondary: Cochise
Secondary: Shoo Fly
Secondary: Sunrise: Manilla Group, Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Manilla
Secondary: Bonney Extension
Secondary: Copper Dick
Secondary: Mulberry
Secondary: Happy Hooligan
Secondary: Red Copper
Secondary: Blue Copper
Secondary: Green Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Banner Mining Co.
Home Office: Tucson, Az.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Federal Resources Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Vein Set.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic And Chloritic Alteration Is Common.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE STRIKE OF THE VEIN IS N 50 E AND WIDTH RANGES FROM 2 TO 25 FT.. FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1591 COVERING 96.511 ACRES AND EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1913.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. THE NO. 2 SHAFT IS ABOUT 2000 FT. DEEP AND CONTAINS MORE THAN 10000 FT. OF DRIFTS ON EIGHT WORKING LEVELS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE BONNEY MINE.
Comment (Production): AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE FROM BONNEY AND MISERS CHEST MINES (1935-1954) 3.3% CU, 106 G/T AG, 3.1 G/T AU.
Comment (Deposit): VALUE - 1904-1931 - $890,000, 1935-1954 - $17,000,000; 15 MILLION POUNDS CU PRODUCED. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D002966 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 48-51, PLATES 3, 14, 17, 18 AND 19.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335
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