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Wonder Mountain

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034096
MRDS ID M020795
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder Mountain
Related records 10286624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45862, 35.60028 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MILES FROM JEAN, NEVADA, NEAR STATE LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanpah Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017N 014E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45862, 35.60028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 FT. TUNNEL, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 678

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 490 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSION. WONDER VEIN CROSSES BEDDING PLANES OF LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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