The Bonanza Fraction Claim is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.7775, -114.84972
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Bonanza Fraction Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Fraction Claim
Secondary: Bonanza Mine Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS ONE OF THE 14 CLAIMS COMPRISING THE BONANZA MINE (GROUP). A FISSURE VEIN 30-INCHES WIDE AND DIPPING STEEPLY TO THE WEST, STRIKES N-S THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THE COPPER ORE (CARBONATES) AVERAGES ABOUT 25% CU. THE VEIN IS IN LINE WITH THE BONANZA MINE, AND MAY CONTINUE (BURIED) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON (SCHRADER, 1912, P. 128). MINERAL SURVEY NO 4267, 3904 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM; ONE OF THE BONANZA MINE GROUP
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVERAGES 25% CU.
Comment (Geology): VEIN AVERAGES 25% CU
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
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.
