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Keane Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086466
MRDS ID X023759
Record type Site
Current site name Keane Wonder Mine
Alternate or previous names Vermont
Related records 10260693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90061, 36.68191 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 1.5 MI SW CHLORIDE CLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 030N;029N 001E;001E 31,32;06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST E 1/2 31, W 1/2 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.90061, 36.68191
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASSES
    Strike N25W
    Dip 20NE
    Thickness 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT WITH DIORITE AND GRANODIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chloride Cliff

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 CROSSCUT ADITS AND 200-FT. SHAFT. OVER 5000 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, STOPED FROM 180-FT. TUNNEL LEVEL TO SURFACE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COST OF MINING AND MILLING WAS $4/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR, AND STEWART, RICHARD, M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 154

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 402-403

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 481

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE-CROPPINGS ALONG DIORITE AND GRANODIORITE DIKES. TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 2000 FT. OREBODIES 5-25 FT. IN THICKNESS, 100-300 FT. IN LENGHT. QUARTZ IRON-STAINED, CARRING FINE GOLD.
Deposit 26 PATENTED CLAIMS. PROBABLY PART OF KEANE WONDER MINE HOLDINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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