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Little Wonder Group

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102926
MRDS ID M009958
Record type Site
Current site name Little Wonder Group
Related records 10237324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.79904, 37.60965 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckingham Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 020E 06,07,08,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.79904, 37.60965
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1922 - 1920

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Little Wonder Mines Inc.
    First year 1920
    Last year 1926

Comments on the production information

  • TEN MEN REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN 1922, BUT WORK CEASED THE LATTER PART OF 1926 AND COMPANY WAS REPORTED TO BE IN PROCESS OF REORGANIZATION, HAVING PASSED INTO THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 277 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 94 .

  • Production

    LAIZURE, 1928

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit GROUP ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, WITH CERTAIN MILL SITE AND WATER RIGHTS ON THE SO. FORK OF THE MERCED RIVER IN STEEP AND RUGGED DEVILS GULCH SECTION. HOLDINGS WERE LATER INCREASED TO A TOTAL OF 46 CLAIMS. THESE MAY NOW BE LISTED UNDER OTHER NAMES (ADIT SHOWN ON N. SIDE OF RIVER IN SEC. 6 MAY BE PART OF WORKINGS. BOWEN & GRAY LIST LITTLE WONDER UNDER KADERITAS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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