Mine detail: Bonanza Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.44256, -105.34499

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Glorieta Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline, Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault And The Serafina Monocline
Tectonic:	Sangre De Cristo Uplift
Alteration processes:	The Ore Has Undergone Marked Oxidation.

References

MRDS	D011792
DEP	10014823
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 120-121}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: LINDGREN, GRATON & GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 120-121}
Reporter	Murray, Diane