Wonder Mountain Mines

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286624
MRDS ID M020795
MAS/MILS ID 0060711602
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder Mountain Mines
Alternate or previous names Wonder Mountain
Related records 10034096

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.45864, 35.6003 (WGS84)
Elevation 878
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanpah Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017 N 014 E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.45864, 35.6003

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    P. 86

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 678.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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