The Bonita Mine is a mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,720 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,720 Feet (2,353 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.0667, -108.00970
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Bonita Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bonita Mine
Secondary: Bonita Claims 5 & 6
Commodity
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 1236ST FROM 1942-1949 SAMPLE FROM STOCK BIN CA(F2) 64.1% SI(02) 14.7% BA(S04) 0.8%
References
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK,H.E. 1946 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 176-190.
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD,E.N. 1966 U.S.G.S. MISC INV MAP I-454.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC8307 PP 132.
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
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