The Wonder is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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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
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Wonder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wonder
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Keystone Mining Co.
Home Office: C/O John D. Culbert
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUE EXCEEDS $25/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PROPERTY WAS LEASED BY A PARTNERSHIP,MARIN ARES, GEORGE THURMAN, JOHN RODRIQUEZ, IN 1952, FROM THE KEYSTONE MINING CO.-IT WAS WORKED FROM JAN. TO MAY, 1952 BUT THE SHAFT RAN INTO THE OLD WORKINGS OF THE KEYSTONE MINE AND THE OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED. IT WAS SAID THAT GOLD VALUES EXCEEDED $25 PER TON
Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ CONTAINS PYRITE
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 195
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