The Little Wonder Group is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.60972, -119.79806
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Little Wonder Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Wonder Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Little Wonder Mines Inc.
Years: 1920 - 1926
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): TEN MEN REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN 1922, BUT WORK CEASED THE LATTER PART OF 1926 AND COMPANY WAS REPORTED TO BE IN PROCESS OF REORGANIZATION, HAVING PASSED INTO THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SOME UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT ZONE
Comment (Deposit): GROUP ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, WITH CERTAIN MILL SITE AND WATER RIGHTS ON THE SO. FORK OF THE MERCED RIVER IN STEEP AND RUGGED DEVILS GULCH SECTION. HOLDINGS WERE LATER INCREASED TO A TOTAL OF 46 CLAIMS. THESE MAY NOW BE LISTED UNDER OTHER NAMES (ADIT SHOWN ON N. SIDE OF RIVER IN SEC. 6 MAY BE PART OF WORKINGS. BOWEN & GRAY LIST LITTLE WONDER UNDER KADERITAS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 277 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 94 .
Reference (Production): LAIZURE, 1928
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