The Bonanza Lode is a copper mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,778 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: 6,778 Feet (2,066 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.0861, -112.51690
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Bonanza Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Lode
Secondary: Bonanza Butte Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
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.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mines Prospecting And Exploration Co
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1953
Owner Name: John Kenoffel
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1953
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): COBALT ASSAYED LESS THAN 0.02 PERCENT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED QUARTZ LODE MINING CLAIMS. EAST-WEST BEARING QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING SULFIDES IN A BASIC GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK IN 1916 THE MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES REPORTED AN ASSAY OF 2.5 PERCENT COBALT ON ORE FROM THE BONANZA GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0300930083.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
