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Bonanza City

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEW MEXICO

A historical populated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Bonanza City
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
New Mexico
County
Santa Fe County
USGS Map
Turquoise Hill
Coordinates
35.5389232, -106.1200224
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GNIS Feature ID
902791

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Abandoned mining camp; coordinates and elevation approximate

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 902791. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text N.M. Geographic Names Data Base, 1992. Compiled by Bob Julyan over more than five years of researching individual geographic names in New Mexico. Especially useful for historical names, name changes; and variants. Subsumed within this bibliographical reference is the much larger bibliography of the data base, comprising 235 references, including county histories, local histories, other historical works, correspondence, and numerous oral sources.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.