The Bonita is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 42.69972, -123.00417
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Bonita MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonita
Secondary: Salt Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. S. Musson
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Carbonatization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOWED 0.4, 1.7, 0.5 LB/TON HG
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SHEAR ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 2000 FEET
Comment (Geology): THE SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF CLAY GOUGE SEEMS AND SHEARED, RUSTY AMPHIBOLITE. BRANCHING VEINLETS OF CINNABAR-BEARING CALCITE CUT BOTH GOUGE AND SHEARED AMPHIBOLITE.
References
Reference (Production): BROOKS
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, V.2, SEC. 2, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLIS
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