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Wonder

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57701, 36.28497
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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

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

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