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Black Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  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 10102831
MRDS ID M007082
Record type Site
Current site name Black Wonder Mine
Related records 10259733

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.41851, 38.36074 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position N. OF LICKING FORK MOKELUMNE RIVER 10 MI SE OF WEST POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 014E 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT SULFIDES,

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 42 % FE SULFIDES, 9 % PB SULFIDES 1 - 2 % ZN SULFIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.41851, 38.36074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 W
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOUR VEINS WITH MOST PROMINENT BEING CALLED BLACK WONDER AND EUREKA. WALLS OF VEINS ARE HARD SILICEOUS CALAVERAS SLATE AND MICA SCHIST. VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT IN THICKNESS, WELL DEFINED FISSURE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR 1880 , 1889 - 1914 , 1918 - 1935 , 1941 - 1942

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1889 - 1914 , DUMP MATERIAL TESTED 1954 . PB RECOVERED FROM SULFIDE CONCENTRATES 1919 - 1942 . NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 129.504HA
    Overall depth 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • COMPRISES 2 PATENTED CLAIMS AND OTHER PATENTED LAND VEIN STOPED 800 FT ON STRIKE ABOVE UPPER ADIT. ADIT 900 FT LONG WITH 210 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF. COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 139 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , CALAVERAS COUNTY, 17TH REPT STATE MIN; CALIF. MIN. BUR, P 421

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 244 , 298

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY 14TH REPT STATE MIN; CALIF MIN BUR. P. 70

  • Production

    LOGAN, ( 1921 , 1936 ) CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, FOUR VEINS WITH MOST PROMINENT BEING CALLED BLACK WONDER AND EUREKA. WALLS OF VEINS ARE HARD SILICEOUS CALAVERAS SLATE AND MICA SCHIST. VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT IN THICKNESS, WELL DEFINED FISSURE VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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