The Wonder is a lead and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,721 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.285, -117.57611
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Wonder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wonder
Secondary: Wallace Wonder
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault, Fold
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 100 FT. ADIT, TRENDING S 20 E, INACCESSIBLE INCLINED SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (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.
Comment (Production): CONSIDERABLE ORE SHIPPED IN 1947 , SMELTER RECOVERY OF 2.45 % PB, 3.84 OZ AG/TON, RECOVERABLE COPPER.
References
Reference (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
Reference (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 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 523 (SEE REF.)
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