Golden Wonder 1&9

The Golden Wonder 1&9 is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,637 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: Golden Wonder 1&9
Secondary: Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Darrell Buckmeier And Sam Pestinger
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1974

Owner Name: Anderson, Charles And Little, Louis
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1911

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings include an accessable 36.9 m.-long adit at the 499.9 m. elevation, a caved adit at the 435.9 m. elevation, and a 9.1 m.-long open cut at the 530.4 m. elevation.

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-213

Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B592j p. 221

Reference (Deposit): B622i p. 136

Reference (Deposit): B642g p. 142

Reference (Deposit): I273 # 98, 102

Reference (Deposit): MF880A # 154, 157

Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-133).

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