The Wonderer is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,281 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,281 Feet (1,000 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.40222, -115.96417
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Wonderer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wonderer
Secondary: Wanderer
Secondary: Wander
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Halloran Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTED TO CARRY $10-$20/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT ADITS FOR 2000 FT. ALONG STRIKE, 180 FT. SHAFT. SOME EXPLORATION WORK IN 1951
Comment (Deposit): ACTIVE IN MID 1930'S. 15 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD IN HEMATITE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC. 8
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1931. CYANIDED. SHIPPED CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 4% PB, 10 OZ/TON AG, AND AU.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 2-3 FT. THICK. STEEPLY DIPPING. 50 FT. APART NEAR MAIN SHAFT, BUT 1000 FT. NORTH OF SHAFT, THE VEINS INTERSECT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 320
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957)
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 678
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