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Wonder Metal Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042460
MRDS ID M060261
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder Metal Mine
Alternate or previous names Eagle Claim
Related records 10150263, 10198536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16764, 40.1499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position NW OF SCOSSA; ABOUT 3 MI. N OF PERSHING TI CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 030E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MI. NW OF CERVANTITE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sandstone Argillized Several Feet From Vein

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES TAKEN BY NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FROM CHURN-DRILL CUTTINGS CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 1 % TI02. GRAB-2.48% SB, 0.62 OZ. AG
Result ADIT-1.18% SB, 0.62 OZ. AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16764, 40.1499
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Se Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Mineralized Contact, With Intense Fracturing In Sandstone, With Quartzite.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, CHANNELS
    Strike N40W
    Dip 30E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Filling Insandstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DERIVED FROM THE EROSION OF THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN THE AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Johnson; Chandler, Robert L.
    Home office Lovelock
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT CONNECTED ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 3

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 297, ITEM 1, 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHORT CONNECTED ADITS. THE MAIN WORKINGS EXPLORE A CONTACT BETWEEN SANDSTONE & QUARTZITE. AT THE CONTACT IS A 6 TO 18 IN. GOUGE CONTAINING QUARTZ PODS & CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE & CERVANTITE. EAST OF THE CONTACT IN THE SANDSTONE IS A 2 TO 4 IN. VEIN OF QUARTZ, STIBNITE, CERVANTITE, & OTHER SB OXIDES STRIKING NE AND DIPPING 35 DEGREES SE. ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION WAS CONTROLLED BY THE FRACTURES THAT PROVIDED OPEN SPACE FOR STIBNITE DEPOSITION IN SANDSTONE OVERLAIN BY UNFRACTURED QUARTZITE AND UNDERLAIN BY SOFT SHALE. THE ANTIMONY STAR MINE LIES ON THE SAME MINERALIZED STRUCTURE AS THE CERVANTITE MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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