The Bonita Mine is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,161 Feet (3,097 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.9153, -114.19250
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Bonita Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonita Mine
Secondary: Snake Creek
Secondary: Bonita
Secondary: Tilford
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Snake
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Taylor Mining, Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, (1978, P. 59) INDICATES THIS MINE OPERATED AS AN OPEN PIT DURING 1977.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-578, 1969.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 59.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 56-83, 1983, P. 23.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 230-231.
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.
