Arondo Mine

The Arondo Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,350 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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