Bonita

The Bonita is a mercury mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Bonita  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jackson

Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.69972, -123.00417

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Bonita MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bonita
Secondary: Salt Creek


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Meadows


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: H. S. Musson
Years: 1963 -


Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Carbonatization


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOWED 0.4, 1.7, 0.5 LB/TON HG


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE SHEAR ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR 2000 FEET

Comment (Geology): THE SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF CLAY GOUGE SEEMS AND SHEARED, RUSTY AMPHIBOLITE. BRANCHING VEINLETS OF CINNABAR-BEARING CALCITE CUT BOTH GOUGE AND SHEARED AMPHIBOLITE.


References

Reference (Production): BROOKS

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252, TABLE 26, P. 319.

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, V.2, SEC. 2, P. 52.

Reference (Deposit): 5) WILLIAMS, H. AND COMPTON, R., 1943, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MEADOWS DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON; USGS UNPUBLIS


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