Mine detail: Bonanza Mine

Previously called 'Dolly B.'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.7774, -114.85062

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Garnet
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1896

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Slate,Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM233891
DEP10045988
Reference{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 847-A.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV; USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.}{Production:: SMITH, R.M., (1976)}
ReporterWeimer, Becky S.