The Bonanza Dome and Beacon is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Bonanza Dome and Beacon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Dome and Beacon
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Norris Williams
Home Office: Apple Valley, Ca.
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: -1943
Material type: WO3 AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.5% Wo3
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. AND LOC. QUESTIONABLE
Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN 500 - 600 TONS OF ORE, 1940 - 1943
Comment (Workings): BONANZA DOME; 55 FT. SHAFT WITH 20 FT. WINZE, BELOW 55 FT. LEVEL WORKINGS. BEACON; 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 2 PITS, 8 FT. MAX DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943; MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 501.
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953; MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 113, APPENDIX.
Reference (Production): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J.
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