Wonder No. 1 Claim

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Montmorillonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271164
MRDS ID M241779
MAS/MILS ID 0320230996
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names Beatty Deposits, Surprise
Related records 10046594

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.74949, 36.90466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(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 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 047 E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Montmorillonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.74949, 36.90466

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 30W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N90E:30W
    Date of Last Modification 930505

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 76, 1970, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.