The North Bonanza Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,030 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,030 Feet (1,533 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.32111, -119.58472
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North Bonanza Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Bonanza Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Discovery Year: 1861
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1861. OWRK IN 1870 REVEALED 35-FOOT WIDTH OF GOOD ORE. WORK IN 1879, 1880 REVEALED ANOREBODY 50FT. BY 100FT. OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA ASSAYING $30 TO $50 PER TON IN CRUDE STATE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): 1878 DEVELOPMENT REVEALED 35-FT. WIDTH OF GOOD ORE; 1879-1880 WORK EXPOSED AN ORE BODY 50FT X 100FT. OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA ASSAYING $30 TO $50/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, FLOWERY PEAK, NEV., 1:24000
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
Reference (Production): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
