The Bonito is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,020 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: 5,020 Feet (1,530 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.5583, -110.73560
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Bonito MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonito
Secondary: Pure Gold
Secondary: Morning Star M S 1836.Patented
Secondary: Patented Claims M S 1836
Secondary: Gold Bug
Secondary: Campo Bonito
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Campo Bonito
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edward H. Molson And E. J. Ewing (Last Operators 1943-44)
Info Year: 1959
Owner Name: Edward H. Molson
Info Year: 1959
Production
Year: 1985
Description: Total Past Production 7825 St Ore At 1.51% Wo3. Past Prod. Equiv. To 11,816 Short Ton Units Of Wo3 Or 85 Mt Contained W.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1943
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY PROBABLY INCLUDES 3 OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE MAS DATA BASE IDENTIFIED AS CAMPO BONITO 1, 2, AND 3.
Comment (Geology): STRIKE IS NORTH OF WEST; DIP IS 30 TO 60 DEGREES SOUTH. WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS 1.5 TO 12.2 M AT SURFACE. LENGTH GIVEN IS AT SURFACE. THICKNESS IS UNDETERMINED.
Comment (Production): SHORT TON UNIT = 20 LB OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.862 LB OF W.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO N2NW OF SEC.20,NENE OF SEC.19,AND INTO
Reference (Deposit): SEC.12
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SANTA ROSA MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS CAMPO BONITO QUAD
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 709,710
Reference (Deposit): ADMR U FILE
Reference (Deposit): DALE,V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA ...AZ USBM R1 5516 1959
Reference (Deposit): P 52-61
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILSON,E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ ABM BULL 148 1941 P 32
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