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Nevada Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294461
MRDS ID M030084
MAS/MILS ID 0320010250
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Wonder Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.05266, 39.44911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 035 E 04 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.05266, 39.44911
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 54, 57.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 2, 1962, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 90.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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