Wonder

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10034002
MRDS ID	M020670
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wonder
Alternate or previous names	Wallace Wonder
Related records	10261093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.57701, 36.28497 (WGS84)
Elevation	1439
Relative position	1 1/2 MILES EAST OF DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(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 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	Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	019S	041E	18		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Silver	Primary
Copper	Secondary
Gold	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Calcite	Gangue
Fluorite	Gangue
Garnet	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.57701, 36.28497	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Fault, Fold

Ore body information

General form LENTICULAR

Strike N 27 W

Dip 55 SW

Thickness 1.83M

General form	LENTICULAR
Strike	N 27 W
Dip	55 SW
Thickness	1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: ROCKS IN AREA ARE CALC-HORNFELS AND LOCALLY TACTITE AT TOP OF LOWER MEMBER OF KEELER CANYON FORMATION. BETWEEN WONDER AND WONDER NO. 1 WORKINGS, ROCKS ARE INTERSECTED BY NUMBER OF N 70 E FRACTURES THAT ARE PART OF LANE FAULT. BEDDING SOUTH OF LANE FAULT, STRIKES N, DIPS 55 W, NORTH OF FAULT, WORKINGS ARE ALONG CREST OF AN OPEN ANTICLINAL-SHAPED FOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Production years	1947

Comments on the production information

CONSIDERABLE ORE SHIPPED IN 1947 , SMELTER RECOVERY OF 2.45 % PB, 3.84 OZ AG/TON, RECOVERABLE COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

DEVELOPED BY 100 FT. ADIT, TRENDING S 20 E, INACCESSIBLE INCLINED SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M020670

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 523
Deposit

HALL, W. E. AND MACKEVETT, E. M., 1958 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE DARWIN QUADRANGLE INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES, SPECIAL REPT. 51 , P. 41 .
Production

GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 523 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ORE ALONG VEIN, A STEED N 70 E TRENDING FAULT CUTS THE VEIN IN THE ADIT 60 FT. FROM PORTAL AND OFF SETS SOUTHERN SEGMENT APPROXIMATELY 8 FT TO THE WEST. SIMILAR ORE EXPOSED CREST OF AN ANTICLINAL FOLD AT COLLAR OF INCLINED SHAFT OR WONDER NO. 1 CLAIM, ORE EXTENDS DOWN WEST LIMB AS A BEDDING-PLAIN VEIN 4 - 6 FT. THICK, STRIKES N 10 W, DIPS 55 SW.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-1978	Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)	U.S. Geological Survey

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