The Bonanza Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.72556, -117.99444
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Bonanza Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Colville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: E. B. And Grace Gibbs
Owner Name: Bonanza Lead
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1907 - 1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^22 % Pb, 30 % Fe, 2.7 % Sio2, 10.5 % S, 4.7 Oz Ag/T
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1949 - 1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^22 % Pb, 30 % Fe, 2.7 % Sio2, 10.5 % S, 4.7 Oz Ag/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Beds Dip Ne Dip 30-45 Nw
Type: L
Description: Anticline Plunging Nw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Upper 20 To 50 Feet Of Phyllite Bleached
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGES 25 PERCENT LEAD AND 6 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY OPERATED MINE 1951 AND 1952. MINE IS NOW FLOODED.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN MASSIVE LAYERS OF FINE-GRAINED STEEL GALENA AND PYRITE - EITHER ALONG PHYLLITE - ARGILLITE CONTACT OR AS VEINS IN PHYLLITE SAID TO BE 20 FEET THICK ABOVE 4 LEVEL BUT THINS TO 8 INCHES ON 7 LEVEL. SIZE 100,000 TONS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXPLORATION BY ANACONDA FAILED TO FIND ADDITIONAL ORE. GENERAL AREA NEEDS FURTHER STUDY.
Comment (Production): GRADE DATA FROM WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY 37 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1885 AND 1902 IS NOT RECORDED. 2000 TONS PROD PRIOR TO 1890. $40,000 PRIOR TO 1944 REPORTED. $2,000,000 FROM 1944 TO 1950.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920 THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 174-176
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 244.
Reference (Deposit): 1894 DIREXPL CONSOLIDATED BONANZA MINING AND SMELTING
Reference (Deposit): 1914 DIREXPL G. J. VERVAEKE
Reference (Deposit): 1945 DIREXPL HUNLEY AND GIBBS D1B/A BONANZA LEAD
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