Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper
TertiaryIron, Manganese, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeEpithermal vein; replacement
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formtabular
Ore controlSilicification along high-angle fault zones forms most of the veins.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Gold, Cerargyrite, Stephanite, Wulfenite
GangueQuartz, Adularia, Fluorite, Limonite, Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Tuff,Dacite · Tuff of Elevenmile Canyon
Structurehigh-angle fault zones, The mine lies within the eastern part of the Elevenmile Canyon Caldera
AlterationThree main types of hydrothermal alteration affect the rocks in the mine area: propylitic, argillic and/or sericitic (bleaching), and silicification, which is particularly prevalent along high-angle fault zones
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1907-1942; 1980s
First production1907
Last production1980
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10310506
MRDS IDW700384
Alternate namesNevada Wonder Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.44991, -118.06763
References
NDOM Staff, 1988, Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active During Calendar Year 1987: Nevada Division Of Mine Inspection, 84 p.Pay Dirt, Feb, 1989NBMG Map 91NBMG OFR 90-2, 3The Mining Record. 4/29/98Economic Geology. Pages 589-593. 1917Engineering and Mining Journal, pages 289-292,1909Engineering and Mining Journal, pages 763-765. 1907Economic Geology, pages 546-549. 1918.Economic Geology, pages 224-225, 1918Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 14; 5, pages 427-430, 1919Isochron/West, 8, pages 31-35, 1973NBMG Map 109, 1997John, D.A., Geology of the Wonder Mountain Quadrangle, Churchill County, NV, NBMG Map 109, Text and References, 16p.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.Arizuma Co. unpublished geologic map and section of the central Wonder District mine area (post-1997).Poloni, 1981, NBMG Mining District File 21, item #I25Lewis,1967, NBMG Mining District File 21, item #I4