Golden Wonder

The Golden Wonder is a mercury mine located in Clark county, Washington at an elevation of 299 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

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Clark

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Rand, V. V.
Home Office: Vancouver, Wa.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tuff Is Altered

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SAID TO ASSAY 0.02 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN ARE FLOODED BY DAM. PRIOR TO DAM CONSTRUCTION PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 120 ACRES OF DEEDED LAND

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN A WEAKLY MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED TUFF

Comment (Workings): 600 FT ADIT, OTHER ADITS, OPEN CUTS, ALL CAVED

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WEAKLY MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 364.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.

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