Arrowhead Bonanza Mining Co.

The Arrowhead Bonanza Mining Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Arrowhead Bonanza Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Arrowhead District; Needles 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Arrowhead Bonanza Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): IN NORTHERN PORTION OF DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

References

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-806

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD NOTES

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.