Mine detail: Nevada Wonder Mine

Previously called 'Wonder MineNBMG Sample Sites 3802, 3803'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.44935, -118.05318

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Stephanite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Fluorite, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1906

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Dacite
Structure:Fissures And Shear Zones
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM243137
DEP10047712
Reference{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 88-90}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, P. 46-59}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J. 1962 B, NBMG REPT 2}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1940, USBM I.C. 7093, P. 54-57}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1974, HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA-WONDER; NEV. HIST. PRESS}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.}{Deposit:: BURGESS, J.A., 1917, THE HALOGEN SALTS AT WONDER, NEV; ECON. GEOL. VOL 12, PP. 589-593.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 9/17/81.}{Production:: COUCH & CARPENTER P. 26.}{Reserve-Resource:: PAY DIRT, MARCH, 1984}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.), Lapointe, D.D.