Bonita Mine

The Bonita Mine is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,161 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 Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 10,161 Feet (3,097 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.9153, -114.19250

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Bonita Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bonita Mine
Secondary: Snake Creek
Secondary: Bonita
Secondary: Tilford


Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Snake


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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Taylor Mining, Inc.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1977


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, (1978, P. 59) INDICATES THIS MINE OPERATED AS AN OPEN PIT DURING 1977.


References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-578, 1969.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 59.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 56-83, 1983, P. 23.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 230-231.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.