Black Wonder Mine

The Black Wonder Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Hinsdale county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,249 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Wonder Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Black Wonder, MS 1939
Secondary: Black Wonder Extension, MS 4663
Secondary: Black Wonder No. 2, MS 8493

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Hinsdale
District: Sherman District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Colorado Consolidated Mines And Power Co.
Home Office: Lake City, Co.
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression

Type: L
Description: San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CLAIMS LIE ON HILLSIDE NORTH OF SHERMAN AND SHELF ROAD AND BELOW MAJOR CLIFF LINE. GIVEN LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATED FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Workings): LOWER CROSSCUT TUNNEL REPORTEDLY 900 FT LONG, PROBABLY DRIVEN GENERALLY NORTH, WITH 350-FT WEST DRIFT AND 250-FT EAST DRIFT, 350-FT RAISE; OLD MILL (PROBABLY DISMANTLED).

References

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1939, 4663, 8493

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.

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