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Bonanza King

US / CA
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Bonanza King is a historic mining site in Butte, California, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a Vein deposit. Reported specimens include Copper, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite. Workings are underground.

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CopperGalenaGoldSilverSphaleriteStibnite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type
Vein

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Workings
Underground
Production size
Small
Production years
1924 , 1927

Records and references

Cited references

GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUC. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 423LOGAN, C.A., 1931 : SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION; 26 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 367 , 409 . LOGAN, C.A., 1931 , P. 409

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10034260view the source record

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Coordinates: 40.02487, -121.41912

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