Mine detail: Golden Wonder Mine

Previously called 'Gold HillGold Hill Nos. 1-2Patented Claims: Golden Wonder, MS 552Golden Mammoth, MS 553Gold Carbonate, MS 17651Unpatented Claims: Windy PointPride of the WestGolden CycleLakeviewGolden AgeLone JackBig Jack Nos. 1-3Lucky FishLucky Fish Nos. 1-3New YorkBlue BellGolden Bell'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.00473, -107.28035

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Stibnite
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1981

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Of Volcanics Of Uncompahgre Peak
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Sericitization

References

MRDS	D011560
DEP	10101901
Reference	{Deposit:: IRVING, J.D., AND BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CITY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 478, P. 101-102}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., AND OTHERS, 1976, MULTIPLE AGES OF MID-TERTIARY MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION IN THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 3, P. 571-588.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J.F., 1980, MULTISTAGE VEIN ORES OF THE LAKE CITY DISTRICT, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 7, P. 963-991.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 552, 553, 17651}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD, 1981-82, (VARIOUS ARTICLES): MINING RECORD, 3/11/81, 4/22/81, 6/17/81. 9/16/81, 12/15/82.}{Deposit:: WILKINSON, BRUCE, 1981, GOLDEN WONDER MINE BEGINS WITH LIMITED ORE PRODUCTION: DENVER POST, 6/14/81.}{Deposit:: FISHER, F.S., AND LEEDY, W.P., 1973, GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES IN THE RED MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1381.}{Deposit:: SLACK, J.F., 1976, HYPOGENE ZONING AND MULTISTAGE VEIN MINERALIZATION IN THE LAKE CITY AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. THESIS, 327 P.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT. (1939); MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S.; IRVING AND BANCROFT (1911); MINING RECORD, 1981}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.