Bonita Group

The Bonita Group is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado.

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Site Name

Primary: Bonita Group

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Mount Ouray

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: B And J. Mining Co..
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4730. DATE OF RE 1959. AN EARLIER REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE HAD BEEN APPROVED IN THE 1959 REPORT IS A FINAL REPORT INTENDED TO REVIEW THE WOR ACCORDING TO THE A.E.C. THE CLAIMS PRODUCED 163 TONS OF ORE ING .145% U308 DURING NOV. 1958. RESULTING FROM DMEA DRILLIN DEPOSIT CONTAINING 13000 TONS AVERAGING .12-.15% U308 WAS ES .THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT B J URANIUM AND EXPLORATION CO., OF COLO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT DID PROPOSE FURTHER EXPLORATION ON THE CLAIMS. MILLS LOCATED IN CITY AND GUNNISON, COLO., ARE EACH ABOUT 75 ROAD MILES FROM CLAIMS. INFORMATION FROM PRR-2367, DATED 1955. RADIOACTIVITY: 10XBG AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT: 10 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO MONTICE UTAH ASSAYED .19% U308; 20 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN STOCKPILED; CONSISTED OF 375 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THE ORE WAS FRO 8 INCH SEAM SEPARATING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE BELOW FROM TERTIA TRACHYTE PORPHYRY ABOVE THE SEAM. AN EARLIER REPORT STATED- AUTUNITE IS PRESENT IN THE TERTIARY AGE RHYOLITE FOOTWALL OF FAULT. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP.

References

Reference (Deposit): REF: MAS TO MILS FILE OCT 1976

Reference (Deposit): 411346

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