Mine detail: Nevada Wonder Mine

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Location: Churchill County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.44935, -118.05207
dep_id: 10043760
mrds_id: M231039
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Stephanite, Wulfenite
gangue: Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
alteration: Oxidation To 1300-Ft Level
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Rhyolite & Dacite
Reporter: Flynn, Patricia Dodd
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL 83.
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES
  • Deposit:: SCHILLING; 1962 B; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG; 1940; MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO.; US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV.; 7093
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