Golden Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013831
MRDS ID D010353
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Wonder Mine
Related records 10117244

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96892, 38.63972 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Relative position 7.35 MILES N 10 E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 009E 28 CENTER OF E2 OF E2 OF SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF TURRET ALONG CAT GULCH, DIRECTLY BELOW TURRET ROCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96892, 38.63972

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pleasant Valley Syncline, E-W-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip STEEPLY NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W-Trending Faults; Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE (INCLINED SHAFT?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1908, NOTES ON COPPER DEPOSITS IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 340, P. 157-174.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    BHUTTA, M.A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-FILLED FISSURE FOLLOWING A FINE-GRAINED PORPHYRY DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.