The Bonanza Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.385, -114.71220
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Bonanza Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Mine
Secondary: Bonanza Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bonanza Gold Min. Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S. CHARLES DICKENS MINE ABOVE YANKEE FK.
Comment (Workings): 4 TUNNELS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: NEW ORE IN 1922
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 431, P. 207.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, SILVER - GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, 37 P
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 83, 1949, P. 35-36.
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 83, P. 35.
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