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Mineral Wonder Mine

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014179
MRDS ID D010841
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Wonder Mine
Alternate or previous names Stamboul and Butterfly Mines, Patented Claims: Stamboul, MS 2585, Ruby Queen, MS 2586, Mineral Wonder, MS 6911, Butterfly, MS 19553, September, MS 19553
Related records 10142741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.9762, 37.44779 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 12.7 MILES N 25 W FROM DURANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 037N 010W 20,21 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). CLAIMS LIE ACROSS STAMBOUL AND MINERAL WONDER GULCHES IN HEADWATERS OF FLAGLER FORK OF JUNCTION CREEK, 5.85 MILES NE OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTIONS). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler Formation
    Rock description Cutler Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.9762, 37.44779
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type of structure Local
Structure description La Plata Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer W.C. Davidson And Others (Stamboul Claimants)
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name California (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name San Juan N. F.

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD. FIGURES UNAVAILABLE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1902. NO PRODUCTION FOR YEARS BETWEEN 1913 AND 1921. NO APPARENT PRODUCTION AFTER 1922. FIGURES LISTED APPLY TO CLAIMS CITED ABOVE.

Comments on development

  • MINERAL WONDER, STAMBOUL, AND RUBY QUEEN CLAIMS DISCOVERED ABOUT 1880 AND SURVEYED 1890-1892, SOME EARLY PRODUCTION. BUTTERFLY AND SEPTEMBER CLAIMS LOCATED LATER ON SAME VEIN, SURVEYED 1914. REPORTED PRODUCTION CITES STAMBOUL AND BUTTERFLY CLAIMS (1912-1922).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 21 P. 73-74, 149-150.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 2585, 2586, 6911, 19553

  • Production

    ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 150 (AS COMPILED FROM USGS AND USBM RECORDS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND DIKES AND TRAVERSED BY SERIES OF TWO CLOSELY SPACED, OVERLAPPING FRACTURES TRENDING ENE-WSW AND REPRESENTING EASTWARD CONTINUATION OF CUMBERLAND VEIN SYSTEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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