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Golden Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027341
MRDS ID M002902
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Wonder Mine
Related records 10112442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.36988, 34.21062 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SW OF PAYSON., Lat/Long From Usgs Pp 1200-Az, Lat/Long From Usgs Pp 1200-Az, Lat/Long From Usgs Pp 1200-Az

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payson South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 010E 18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.36988, 34.21062
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NW
    Dip VERT
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Green Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 FT AVERAGE WIDTH, MINERALIZED STRINGERS COMMON.

Comments on development

  • CHILSON BROTHERS OWNED THE PROPERTY IN THE 1900'S. OPEN PIT MINED IN 1970'S. WITH MINOR UNREPORTED GOLD PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E.D., 1924, GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: AZ BUR MINES BULLETIN 120, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-79 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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