Golden Wonder

Past Producer in Hinsdale county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191244
MRDS ID D011560
MAS/MILS ID 0080530045
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Wonder
Related records 10101901

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.28063, 38.00471 (WGS84)
Elevation 3121
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Hinsdale

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.28063, 38.00471

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: COLO DIV OF MINES 1972 RPT OP: SOUTHERN UNION PROD CO

  • Deposit

    REF:MAS FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2019
MSHA mine ID0501506
Mine name (MSHA)Golden Wonder
Current operatorCoal Creek Construction
Current controller (parent)Michael Ray Schell
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (243 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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