Mine detail: Bonanza Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.18711, -105.50053

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Greenockite, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	188 *, 1912, 1927, 1944-47, 1964, 1977-79
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1979

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization, Argillic Alteration (Montmorillonite And Kaolinite), Epidote Further From Vein

References

MRDS	W701289
DEP	10085664
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.