The Black Wonder is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.4, -120.67306
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Black Wonder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Wonder
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George B. And Florence Taves
Years: 1953 -
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 3 TO 4 FT. THICK IN BLOCKY GREENSTONE; 9 INCH VEIN ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH.
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE, MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA.
Comment (Production): WORK STARTED IN 1931 AND WAS OPERATED BY VARIOUS OPERATORS UNTIL 1935 WHEN IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE. A SHIPMENT OF 800 POUNDS OF ORE IN 1933 CONTAINED $173 WORTH OF $20.67 PER OZ. GOLD. A 9-INCH VEIN OF GALENA WAS ENCOUNTERED NEAR THE END OF THE DRIFT ON THE 45-FT. LEVEL
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 110 FT., DRIFT 30 FT. AT 45 FT. LEVEL; OPERATION CLOSED 1935
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
References
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG V. 50 , P. 172
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