The Bonanza Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bonanza Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Claims
Secondary: Tungsten Canyon Pros.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bare Mmt.
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: James Cayagu (Sp?) Livermore, Ca. 11/78
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): SERIES EXPLORATION SHAFTS AND ADITS, EXPLORING CONTACTS AT THRUST FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): INTERFINGERING OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN ADITS. QUARTZ VEINING IS FRACTURED LIMONITICALLY STAINED, OCCURS AS PODS AND STRINGERS, CARRIES SUFFIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 MAR 82
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.
