The Bonito Property is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Bonito Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonito Property
Secondary: Great Western Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pioneer Metals Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1988
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Deposit): DEEPER SULFIDES ARE MAY BE PRESENT. WHEN THE DEPOSIT WAS KNOWN AS THE GREAT WESTERN MINE, SEVERAL ADITS WERE DRIVEN AND A SMALL OPEN PIT WAS EXCAVATED. A SMALL MILL WAS LOCATED BELOW THE PIT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BLUE FRONT ZONE: 2,305,000 ST AT 0.057 OZ/ST AU, 0.83 OZ/ST AG; MAIN ZONE 1,300,000 ST AT 0.045 OZ/ST AU.
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTIONS WAS A GRAET WESTERN MINE. IN 1988-89, THE DEPOSIT WAS RE-EXPLORED AS THE BONITO PROPERTY BY PIONEER METALS CORP.
References
Reference (Deposit): FULP AND WOODWARD ,1991, NM GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 42D FIELD CONF., P. 327-328. DAYTON, 1988, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURAL, V. 189, NO. 3, P. 119-131. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990/1991, P. 257. GRISWOLD, 1959, NMBOMMR BULLETIN 67, P. 60
Reference (Reserve-Resource): FULP AND WOODWARD (1991); DAYTON (1988); AND RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY (1991).
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