The Bondurant is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 3,081 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,081 Feet (939 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72639, -120.04917
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Bondurant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bondurant
Secondary: Hathaway-Bondurant
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Kinsley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Adams, A. E.
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: - 1915
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.34 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1915
Time Period: - 1915
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.6 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1915
Time Period: - 1915
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^490 Lb/Ton Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1856
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chiefly Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): A TOTAL OF 2500 FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 100 , 150 , 250 , 300 AND 350 FT. LEVELS. CROSS CUT TUNNEL OF 1100 FT. WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LENGTHENED TO 1700 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CRUMPLED BLACK SLATES, SLATY MICA SCHISTS COARSER GRAINED GNEISSES. 3 MAJOR PARALLEL VEINS, THE BONDURANT, REYNOLDS AND LOUISIANA. ORE SHOOTS AT 300 FT LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE 150 AND 200 FT LEVEL. ALTERED DIKE ROCK IS PROBABLY FINE GRAINED BIOTITE-RICH GRANODIORITE. BONDURANT VEIN IS 18 IN. TO 4 FT. THICK.
Comment (Deposit): 2ND OLDEST PATENTED MINE IN THE COUNTY. COMPRISES NEARLY 1000 ACRES; 100 ACRES OF PATENTED MINERAL LAND, 740 ACRES OF PATENTED TIMBER LAND, TWO TUNNEL LOCATIONS AND ONE MILL SITE.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS, ORE SHOOTS
Comment (Location): S 1/2 ( AND 24 AND 36 ). UTM ACC
Comment (Production): IN 1870 $30/TON ORE WAS BEING MILLED. FROM 1888 - 1940 17,000 TONS YIELDED A TOTAL OF $290,000. FROM 1940 - 1942 AN ADDITIONAL 12-14,000 TONS WAS MINED WHICH YIELDED APPROX. $98,000. BETWEEN 1911 - 1915 APPROX. 746 TONS ORE YIELDED 431.95 OZ AU, 259 OZ AG, 3672 POUNDS OF CU. FROM 1931 - 1940 A TOTAL OF 16,595 TONS ORE YIELDED 7879.92 OZ GOLD AND 5176 OZ AG. ALSO 85,000 LBS OF PB WAS PRODUCED PROBABLY IN THE PERIOD FROM 1880 - 1940 .
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: PATENTED 1856
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 85 .
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 79 - 81 , 244 , 547 - 8
Reference (Deposit): 5) JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , P. 139 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 265 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.-MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 124
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