The Keane Wonder Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 2,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.68194, -116.89972
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Keane Wonder Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keane Wonder Mine
Secondary: Vermont
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Chloride Cliff
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST E 1/2 31, W 1/2 32
Comment (Workings): 7 CROSSCUT ADITS AND 200-FT. SHAFT. OVER 5000 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, STOPED FROM 180-FT. TUNNEL LEVEL TO SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): 26 PATENTED CLAIMS. PROBABLY PART OF KEANE WONDER MINE HOLDINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: COST OF MINING AND MILLING WAS $4/TON
Comment (Deposit): ORE-CROPPINGS ALONG DIORITE AND GRANODIORITE DIKES. TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 2000 FT. OREBODIES 5-25 FT. IN THICKNESS, 100-300 FT. IN LENGHT. QUARTZ IRON-STAINED, CARRING FINE GOLD.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT WITH DIORITE AND GRANODIORITE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 481
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR, AND STEWART, RICHARD, M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 154
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 402-403
Reference (Production): NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), GOODWIN (1957)
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