Wonder Metal Mine

The Wonder Metal Mine is a antimony mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wonder Metal Mine
Secondary: Eagle Claim

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Scossa District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: George Johnson; Chandler, Robert L.
Home Office: Lovelock
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: BLANKET, CHANNELS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Se Faults

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Mineralized Contact, With Intense Fracturing In Sandstone, With Quartzite.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sandstone Argillized Several Feet From Vein

Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ADIT-1.18% SB, 0.62 OZ. AG
Analytical Data: 3 SAMPLES TAKEN BY NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FROM CHURN-DRILL CUTTINGS CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 1 % TI02. GRAB-2.48% SB, 0.62 OZ. AG

Materials

Ore: Cervantite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 1/4 MI. NW OF CERVANTITE MINE

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE

Comment (Deposit): PLACER

Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT CONNECTED ADITS

Comment (Geology): DERIVED FROM THE EROSION OF THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN THE AREA

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHORT CONNECTED ADITS. THE MAIN WORKINGS EXPLORE A CONTACT BETWEEN SANDSTONE & QUARTZITE. AT THE CONTACT IS A 6 TO 18 IN. GOUGE CONTAINING QUARTZ PODS & CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE & CERVANTITE. EAST OF THE CONTACT IN THE SANDSTONE IS A 2 TO 4 IN. VEIN OF QUARTZ, STIBNITE, CERVANTITE, & OTHER SB OXIDES STRIKING NE AND DIPPING 35 DEGREES SE. ANTIMONY MINERALIZATION WAS CONTROLLED BY THE FRACTURES THAT PROVIDED OPEN SPACE FOR STIBNITE DEPOSITION IN SANDSTONE OVERLAIN BY UNFRACTURED QUARTZITE AND UNDERLAIN BY SOFT SHALE. THE ANTIMONY STAR MINE LIES ON THE SAME MINERALIZED STRUCTURE AS THE CERVANTITE MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 297, ITEM 1, 1964.

Reference (Deposit): BEAL, 1963, INVESTIGATION OF TITANIUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 3

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.