The Bonanza Group is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.7775, -114.84972
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Bonanza Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Group
Secondary: Bonanza Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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: Past Producer
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
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host 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 Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THESE CLAIMS ARE PART OF THE BONANZA MINE GROUP, AND ON LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE BONANZA MINE. THE FISSURE VEINS RUNNING THRU THESE CLAIMS TREND NORTHWARD AT ABOUT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE GRANODIORITE-METASEDIMENTARY CONTACT. THE VEINS ARE ABOUT 30 INCHES WIDE, DIP STEEPLY WEST, AND CARRY UP TO 25% CU. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 128). THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS: BONANZA, BONANZA NOS. 1 THRU 10, BONANZA FRACTION, CROWN POINT (SCHRADER, 1912, MAP). MINERAL SURVEY NO 4267, & 3904 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS CARRY UP TO 25% CU
Comment (Location): UTM IS APPROXIMATE, +/- 500 M TO COVER ENTIRE GROUP.
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MING
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
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., NEVADA: USGS OFR 76-779
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.
