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Black Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014688
MRDS ID D011570
Record type Site
Current site name Black Wonder Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Black Wonder, MS 1939, Black Wonder Extension, MS 4663, Black Wonder No. 2, MS 8493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.4248, 37.90723 (WGS84)
Elevation 3124
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10.4 MILES S 36 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redcloud Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 005W 09 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ON HILLSIDE NORTH OF SHERMAN AND SHELF ROAD AND BELOW MAJOR CLIFF LINE. GIVEN LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
    Rock description Granite Of Cataract Canyon;Mafic Dikes;Ash-Flow Member Of Sunshine Peak Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.4248, 37.90723
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sherman District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Consolidated Mines And Power Co.
    Home office Lake City, Co.
    First year 1923

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER CROSSCUT TUNNEL REPORTEDLY 900 FT LONG, PROBABLY DRIVEN GENERALLY NORTH, WITH 350-FT WEST DRIFT AND 250-FT EAST DRIFT, 350-FT RAISE; OLD MILL (PROBABLY DISMANTLED).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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