The Bonanza Queen is a copper mine located in Imperial county, California.
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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Bonanza Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Queen
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Fish Creek Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: State 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
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault, Strikes N 65 E And Is Vertical, It Seperates Pre-Tertiary Gneissic Rocks On Nw From Tert Sediments On The Se.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ANZO-BORREGO STATE PARK, SOUTHEAST FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Production): LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): OTHER SMALL PROSPECTS OCCUR ALONG FAULT. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P.K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPORT 7 ; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 36.
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCE OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, #2, P. 109.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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