The Bonanza Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.94972, -107.55528
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Bonanza Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Mine
Secondary: Empire Group Patented In 1922: Principal Claims
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: Good Hope
Secondary: Wyoming
Secondary: Virginia No. 1
Secondary: Virginia No. 2
Secondary: Rose No. 1
Secondary: Sunshine: Property of Empire Gold Mining and Milling Co. 1904
Secondary: Includes 4 Claims of Undetermined Status American
Secondary: Treasure
Secondary: Miller
Secondary: Deep Down.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro 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
Owner Name: Edward Tittman
Home Office: Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: M. G. Mcaneny
Home Office: Box 125 Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1877
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Is Located Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA REPORTED BY G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.150.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONSISTS OF A LONG CONTINUOUS ZONE OF FRACTURED ANDESITE RANGING FROM 2 FT TO 8 FT WIDE. HIGH GRADE ORE OCCURS AS SHOOTS AND POCKETS IN A SEAM OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ VARYING FROM ONE TO SEVERAL INCHES WIDE. MINOR SEAMS OF ORE ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN. 7 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1851 COVERING 91.691 ACRES. 4 CLAIMS OF UNDETERMINED STATUS.
Comment (Location): MINE IS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO IN A SMALL CANYON JUST WEST OF SNAKE GULCH.
Comment (Production): REPORTED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 WAS ESTIMATED AT 700000 DOLLARS AND PRODUCTION OF GOLD WAS REPORTED TO TOTAL ABOUT 21900 OZ.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF 3 TUNNELS. THE UPPER TUNNEL WAS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE, THE MIDDLE TUNNEL EXTENDED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN A DISTANCE OF 3500 FT, AND THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS 2000 FT IN LENGTH. STOPING WAS EXTENSIVE.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT ; GEOL.DESC: MAY REFER TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER HG IN A GOLD MILL
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): HEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141
Reference (Deposit): LINGREN,W., GRATON,L.C. AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.148-151
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
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