The Bonanza King is a silver and lead mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.91528, -115.54944
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Bonanza King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza King
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Trojan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): REPORTED: $60,000 PER MONTH FROM 1883 - 1887
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR LENES 4 - 20 FT. THICK IN FISSURES PARALLEL TO CONTACT OF INTRUSIVE MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): 540 FT. SHAFT WITH 5 LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS, ALSO WINZE TO 800 FT. LEVEL, AND ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 617 - 618
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 72 - 73 (AP.)
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 617 - 618 (SEE REF.)
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