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Wonder

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034846
MRDS ID M021775
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84075, 39.46406 (WGS84)
Relative position S EDGE OF ALLEGHANY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N;018N 010E;010E 34;03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 34 N 1/2 03

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84075, 39.46406
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 50 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 VEINS IN GREEN CHLORITIC SCHIST PROBABLY DERIVED FROM TUFF, & INTERBEDDED BLK. SLATE. 1ST IS SML. VEIN WHICH STRIKES N 20 W & DIPS 45 - 60 W. 2ND VEIN STRIKES N TO N 22 W, DIPS 50 W, JOINED BY SML. NEAR HORIZONTAL VEIN. BOTH VEINS CONTAIN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMT. OF CALCITE & SIDERITE, ADJOINS SIXTEEN-TO-ONE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS. UPPER TAPS SML. VEIN. 2ND IS 400 FT. LOWER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS
Deposit OWNER ( AVERILL, 1942 ) - WONDER GOLD MINES, INC., 532 16TH ST. OAKLAND, CA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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