The Arondo Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,350 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: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.9075, -117.38500
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Arondo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arondo Mine
Secondary: Arando
Secondary: Orondo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURS IN VERY FINE STATE, FINELY DIVIDED
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED.
Comment (Production): EST. 10,000 TONS OF ORE BETWEEN 400 AND 300 FT. LEVELS, AVG. $6.40/TON, AND 10,000 TONS ABOVE 300 FT. LEVEL, AVG. $6/TON IN GOLD. IN LATER PRODUCTION YEARS, MINIUM OF 90% OF GOLD RECOVERED FROM ORE; BULLION WAS 95% PURE, OR 950 FINE.
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED QUARTZ AND STRINGERS MIXED WITH TALCOSE AND CLAY GOUGE, 6-40 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): SEE SKETCH MAP IN TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938) ON UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1890'S. MAIN INCLINE SUNK 55 DEG. TO DEPTH OF 435 FT. WITH LEVELS AT 24, 34, 110, 175, 225 AND 310 FT. EXPLORED EAST ORE BODY, AT LEAST 900 FT. LONG BY 40 FT. THICK. TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WAS 7000 FT. FROM THIS SHAFT THROUGH 1906. IN 1934 ARANDO MINES, INC. DEVEL. CUBA NO. 2 INCLINE TO 400 FT.; WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300 AND 400 FT. 60 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT. LEVEL. 100 FT. W. OF PORTAL OF TUNNEL AT THIS LEVEL, ORE BODY, 100 FT. LONG, 6-30 FT. THICK, WAS DEVEL. 1100 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 300 FT. LEVEL. 225 FT. E. OF SHAFT, A CUT WAS MADE ON OREBODY 500 FT. LONG, AVG. 20 FT. THICK. ON 400 FT. LEVEL, CROSSCUT N. 90 FT. PROPERTY REOPENED IN 1939, WITH DRIFTS 500 FT. E. TO 3 ORE SHOOTS FROM CUBA NO. 2 SHAFT. ORE SHOOTS, EACH 100 FT. LONG, AVG. 5 FT. THICK, WERE STOPED. IN 1940, SHAFT EXTENDED TO 500 FT. LEVEL, DRIFTED 500 FT. EAST
Comment (Deposit): 28 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY VARIOUS OWNERS, LEASSEES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 38-39, PL. 3
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 381-382
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 472
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)
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