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Nevada Wonder Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043760
MRDS ID M231039
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Wonder Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.05207, 39.44935 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI NORTH OF WONDER; 55 MI E OF FALLON

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 018N 035E 04,09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To 1300-Ft Level

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED ZONE TO 1300 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.05207, 39.44935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 75E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Rhyolite & Dacite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS MINE WAS DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 2,000 FEET AND TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXCEED 12 MILES IN LENGTH. THE WORKINGS EXPLORE THE NEVADA WONDER VEIN, WHICH LIES PARTLY ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND INTRUSIVE DACITE, AND PARTLY WITHIN RHYOLITE. THE VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ MUDELY BANDED WITH FELDSPAR AND IS LIMONITE-STAINED. THE SILVER GOLD ORE OCCURS CHIEFLY IN THE QUARTZ-ADULARIA GANGUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL 83.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING; 1962 B; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG; 1940; MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO.; US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV.; 7093

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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