The Bonanza Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.0025, -111.51111
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Bonanza Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza Mine
Secondary: Srk
Secondary: Mitchell
Secondary: Calvillo
Secondary: Kerr
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Coyote District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1909-1951
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10% Cu, 0.03 Oz/T Au, 1.7 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): MOLYBDENUM FILE GIVES LOCATION AS W CENTER SEC 26, ALTITUDE OF 4500 FT.
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY.
Comment (Development): IN 1967, CONSOLIDATED RED POPLAR MINERALS LTD OF CANADA DRILLED NINE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT OPERATIONS. OVER 400 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WITH 9 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE OCCURS AS A ROOF PENDANT IN THE GRANITIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000118 WITH RE CORD M030522 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): HIGH GRADE DEPOSIT. CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS OCCUR AT MARGINS OF, AND PARTIALLY REPLACING, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE BLOCKS THAT ARE ROOF PENDANTS IN GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974; USBM CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 116.
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