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Marshall Bonanza mine, Cerrillos District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USAi
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Marshall Bonanza mineMine
Cerrillos DistrictMining District
Santa Fe CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 30' 51'' North , 106° 7' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
La Cienega3,819 (2011)5.5km
Cerrillos241 (2006)8.5km
Los Cerrillos321 (2011)8.7km
Madrid204 (2011)12.4km
Eldorado at Santa Fe6,130 (2011)16.6km
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ClubLocationDistance
Los Alamos Geological SocietyLos Alamos, New Mexico45km
Mindat Locality ID:
47740
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:47740:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The vein crosses a low knoll of hornblende monzonite porphyry surrounded by gravel and sand of the ancha formation. The vein is composed largely of altered porphyry and quartz, stained with limonite. The walls are highly altered and sheeted parallel to the vein. Most of the dump material is quartz, ankerite and ferruginous rhodocrosite, with specks and bands of sphalerite, galena, and pyrite. Small quantities of malachite are present; hard steel-gray psilomelane, produced through oxidation of the manganiferous carbonate, forms botryoidal crusts on some of the ore.
Structure: Faults And Shear Zones Faults And Shear Zones

Tectonics: Cerrillos Uplift

Deposit: The vein crosses a lo W knoll of hornblende monzonite porphyry surrounded by gravel and sand of the ancha formation. The vein is composed largely of altered porphyry and quartz, stained with limonite. The walls are highly altered and sheeted parallel to the vein. Most of the dump material is quartz, ankerite and ferruginous rhodocrosite, with specks and bands of sphalerite, galena, and pyrite. Small quantities of malachite are present; hard steel-gray psilomelane, produced through oxidation of the manganiferous carbonate, forms botryoidal crusts on some of the ore.

Rock formation(s): Espinosa Volcanics
Espinosa Volcanics


Ore(s): Vein System

Patented Claims: Marshall Bonanza 1887, Baca Bonanza, Spiegelburg Bonanza

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8 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Rhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Ankerite5.AB.10Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Psilomelane'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C RhodochrositeMnCO3
OOxygen
O AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O RhodochrositeMnCO3
MgMagnesium
Mg AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
MnManganese
Mn RhodochrositeMnCO3
FeIron
Fe AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AgSilver
Ag Native SilverAg
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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