The Bon Ami Claim is a lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.56722, -117.12861
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Bon Ami Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bon Ami Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1940
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Golconda Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: N-Strending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20-FT. ADIT DRIVEN ON A FAULT ZONE SEPARATING ANTLER PEAK LIMESTONE FROM BATTLE FORMATION CONGLOMERATE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 1/3 MILE NW OF OLD TOWNSITE OF GALENA
Comment (Production): 38 TONS ORE IN 1940 RAN 0.23 OZ/TON AU; 6.1 OZ/TON AG; 0.10% CU, AND 5.7% PB.
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): IRON-STAINED CRUSHED ZONE ALONG FAULT CONTAINS PB-AG METALLIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K. 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PRO. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Production): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977.
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.
