Golden Wonder

Occurrence in Clark county in Washington, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040175
MRDS ID M054858
MAS/MILS ID 530110061
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Wonder
Related records 10203565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.33222, 45.96528 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI EAST OF YALE BRIDGE ON LEWIS RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yale Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lewis(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006N 004E 32 NE4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN ARE FLOODED BY DAM. PRIOR TO DAM CONSTRUCTION PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 120 ACRES OF DEEDED LAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tuff Is Altered

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO ASSAY 0.02 OZ/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.33222, 45.96528

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WEAKLY MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rand, V. V.
    Home office Vancouver, Wa.
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FT ADIT, OTHER ADITS, OPEN CUTS, ALL CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 364.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN A WEAKLY MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED TUFF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-11-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-12-10 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530110061 = 10203565
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10203565

Beyond USGS

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