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Wonderer

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035748
MRDS ID M023650
Record type Site
Current site name Wonderer
Alternate or previous names Wanderer, Wander
Related records 10237267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.96502, 35.40222 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 3.5 MI WNW HALLORAN SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 015N 010E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD IN HEMATITE

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO CARRY $10-$20/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.96502, 35.40222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Halloran Springs

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1931. CYANIDED. SHIPPED CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 4% PB, 10 OZ/TON AG, AND AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT ADITS FOR 2000 FT. ALONG STRIKE, 180 FT. SHAFT. SOME EXPLORATION WORK IN 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 678

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 320

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 2-3 FT. THICK. STEEPLY DIPPING. 50 FT. APART NEAR MAIN SHAFT, BUT 1000 FT. NORTH OF SHAFT, THE VEINS INTERSECT.
Deposit ACTIVE IN MID 1930'S. 15 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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