The Bonanza King Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.33222, -118.10250
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Bonanza King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonanza King Mine
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Lady Mary
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault, Fracture Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1908 CARLOAD-2.65 OZ AU, 8.32 OZ AG, 2% FE, CONSIDERABLE PB, LITTLE ZN & S, TRACE CU PER TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1868, UNDER THE NAME LADY MARY, THEN RELOCATED IN 1871 AS THE EAGLEMINE. THE MINE WAS ACTIVELY WORKED DURING THE PERIOD 1868-85, THEN INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1910. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED ON A STEEPLY DIPPING, NW-TRENDING QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEIN IN AN ALTERED DIABASE DIKE IN ROCHESTER RHYOLITE. THE VEIN WAS MINED BY DRIFTING EASTWARD FROM A SHAFT AT WEST END OF THE MINE STOPED TO THE SURFACE ALONG A LENGTH OF ABOUT 200 TO 250 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THE STEEPLY-DIPPING, NW-TRENDING QUARTZ-TOURMOLINE VEIN IS 2 1/2 TO 5 FT WIDE TERMINATING ON THE WEST END IN DIABASE DIKE AND ON THE EAST END AT A NORTHEAST TRENDING FAULT. TOURMALINE REPLACED QUARTZ AFTER SULFIDE MINERALIZATION. VISIBLE GOLD WAS OBSERVED AS FLAKES IN LIMONITE (FROM PYRITE), IN TETRAHEDRITE, AND RARELY IN GALENA. ORE DEPOSIT IS GENETICALLY RELATED TO THE GRANODIORITE STOCK EXPOSED IN SPRING VALLEY AND THE DIABASE DIKE THAT INTRUDES THE RHYOLITE MAY BE AN OFF SHOOT FROM THIS BODY.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, ESTIMATED OVER $50,000
Comment (Workings): THE VEIN WAS MINED BY DRIFTING EASTWARD FROM A SHAFT AT THE WEST END OF THE MINE STOPED TO THE SURFACE ALONG A LENGTH OF ABOUT 200 TO 250 FT.
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 2 1/2 TO 5 FEET TERMINATING ON THE WEST END IN DIABASED DIKE AND ON EAST END AT A NORTHWEST TRENDING FAULT. TOURMALINE REPLACED QUARTZ AFTER SULFIDE MINERALIZATION. VISIBLE GOLD WAS OBSERVED AS FLAKES IN LIMONITE (FROM PYRITE), IN TETRAHEDRITE, AND RARELY IN GALENA. ORE DEPOSIT IS GENETICALLY RELATED TO THE GRANODIORITE STOCK EXPOSED IN SPRING VALLEY AND THE DIABASE DIKE THAT INTRUDES THE RHYOLITE MAY BE AN OFF SHOOT FROM THIS BODY.
Comment (Development): FIRST EXPLORED UNDER THE NAME LADY MARY, THEN RELOCATED IN 1871 AS THE EAGLEMINE. IT WAS ACTIVELY WORKED DURING 1868-85, THEN, INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1910.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL, 89
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, D.F., 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE BONANZA KING MINE, HUMBOLDT RANGE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; ECON. GEOL. V. 34, PP 96-112
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, 1977
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.
