Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryCopper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Of Rhyolite And Dacite; Fissures And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Stephanite, Wulfenite
GangueFluorite, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Dacite
StructureFissures And Shear Zones
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10047712
MRDS IDM243137
Alternate namesWonder Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 3802, 3803
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.44935, -118.05318
References
NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 88-90SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, P. 46-59SCHILLING, J. 1962 B, NBMG REPT 2VANDERBURG, 1940, USBM I.C. 7093, P. 54-57SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1974, HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA-WONDER; NEV. HIST. PRESSQUADE, JACK, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.BURGESS, J.A., 1917, THE HALOGEN SALTS AT WONDER, NEV; ECON. GEOL. VOL 12, PP. 589-593.NORTHERN MINER, 9/17/81.COUCH & CARPENTER P. 26.PAY DIRT, MARCH, 1984