Wonderful Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097443
MRDS ID W026599
MAS/MILS ID 0160790147
Record type Site
Current site name Wonderful Mine
Alternate or previous names Wonderful Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.73182, 47.41047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 5 MI SE OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 006E 20,19,21 W2NW (20) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Wonderful Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.73182, 47.41047

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek - Big Creek Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Helena Silver Mines, Inc.

Comments on development

  • 23 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 62

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, Aug. 13 , 1975

  • Deposit

    Collier, A. J., 1905 , Ore Deposits In The St. Joe River Basin, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 285 , P. 135

  • Deposit

    Calloway, F. W., 1928 , Coeur D'Alene Mines: Unpublished Property Map Of The Coeur D'Alene District

  • Deposit

    1905 Recon A. J. Collier, Bulletin 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references