The Trench 7--Divide Zone (Bonanza Hill) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Trench 7--Divide Zone (Bonanza Hill) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trench 7--Divide Zone (Bonanza Hill)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Albite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous; veins cross cut regionally metamorphosed schist; see NM207.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This prospect has been explored by numerous trenches and shallow drill holes.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Trench 7--Divide deposit was identified from exploration by BHP in 1990 and by Newmont Mining Company in 1992; there are some old trenches and cuts of uncertain age on the deposit. The area was mapped by Thomas Borovicka for Newmont in 1992; his map was modified for Kennecott Exploration Company by C.C. Hawley in 1993 and 1994. The Trench 7--Divide deposit appears to be bounded on the northwest by a steep fault that strikes N 50 E. The apparent displacement, evidenced by offset of a calcareous quartz-mica schist layer, is about 10 feet. Southeast of the fault, the deposit is about 200 feet across. Locally, there are sheeted veins of calcite and quartz; older sloughed trenches show accumulations of vein quartz boulders. The deposit is irregular; locally it contains 0.05 to 0.07 ounce of gold per ton. It is possible that the deposit continues to the northeast to Placer Dome trenches 88-3, -4 and -5 (NM223). Bonanza Hill is mainly underlain by nearly horizontal calcareous quartz-muscovite schist and marble probably of early Paleozoic protolith age (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]; Sainsbury, Hummel, and Hudson, 1972 [OFR 72-326]; Till and Dumoulin, 1994; Bundtzen and others, 1994).
References
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hummel, C.L., and Hudson, Travis, 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-326, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., and Dumoulin, J.A, 1994, Geology of Seward Peninsula and St. Lawrence Island, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, DNAG, v. G-1, p. 141-152.
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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